legerdemain

(lĕj'ər-də-mān')
n.

1. Sleight of hand.
2. A show of skill or deceitful cleverness: financial legerdemain.

[Middle English legerdemayn, from Old French leger de main : leger, light (from Vulgar Latin *leviārius , from Latin levis) + de, of (from Latin dē; see de-) + main, hand; see mortmain.]

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noun

The use of skillful tricks and deceptions to produce entertainingly baffling effects: conjuration, magic, prestidigitation, sleight of hand. See performing arts.

For a list of words related to legerdemain, see:

• Entertainments and Spectacles - legerdemain: magic, esp. sleight of hand
• Pranks and Tricks - legerdemain: sleight of hand; trickery

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - taskenspillerkunster, behændighedskunster

Nederlands (Dutch)
vingervlugheid, goochelarij

Français (French)
n. - prestidigitation, (fig) manigances

Deutsch (German)
n. - Taschenspielerei

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ταχυδακτυλουργία

Italiano (Italian)
artificio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prestidigitação (f), escamoteação (f), trapaça (f)

Русский (Russian)
фокусы, надувательство

Español (Spanish)
n. - juego de manos, prestidigitación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - taskspeleri, trolleri, jonglerande, trick, hokuspokus

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
戏法, 诡辩, 骗术

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 戲法, 詭辯, 騙術

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 요술 , 마술 , 속임수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 手品, こじつけ, ごまかし

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خداع البصر بخفه اليد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮להטוטים, התפלפלות‬

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