thaumaturgist









thaumaturgist


noun

  1. a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.

noun

  1. rare a performer of miracles; magician

n.1620s (implied in thaumaturgical), from Modern Latin, from Greek thaumatourgos “wonder-working, conjurer,” from thauma (genitive thaumatos) “wonder, wonderous thing,” literally “a thing to look at” (from root of theater) + ergon “work” (see urge (v.)).

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