Thaumaturge
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:17 pm
My office and the AlphaAgora are not the only fantasy lands I frequent. There have been some times I've wished I could open a book and stay there.
This word is one one often encounters in "Sword and Sorcery" novels, which are in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre.
Suggested usage: "Andrew's ability to diagnose and repair computer problems shows skills more thaumaturgical than technical."
This word is one one often encounters in "Sword and Sorcery" novels, which are in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre.
Suggested usage: "Andrew's ability to diagnose and repair computer problems shows skills more thaumaturgical than technical."
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
thaumaturge
SYLLABICATION: thau·ma·turge
PRONUNCIATION: thôm'-tûrj
VARIANT FORMS: also thau·ma·tur·gist (-tûr'jĭst)
NOUN: A performer of miracles or magic feats.
ETYMOLOGY: Greek thaumatourgos : thauma, thaumat-, wonder + ergon, work; see werg- in Appendix I.
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