wizard

Etymology
From, , equivalent to. A uniquely medieval Anglo-Saxon word with no known cognates in or outside the Germanic family; did not gain distinct sense of "occultist, magic user" (as opposed to a philosopher or sage) until, aligning roughly with the starting.

The sense of "old (male) virgin" is from a Japanese Internet meme where virgins who are typically friendless, shy, outcasts, and loners who don't fit in anywhere, legendarily gain magical powers upon reaching 30 years of age; popularized ultimately by and adjacent online incel spaces.

Noun



 * 1) Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
 * 2) One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
 * 3)  A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
 * 4)  One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.
 * 5)  A wise man; a sage.
 * 6)  A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.
 * 1) One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
 * 2)  A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
 * 3)  One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.
 * 4)  A wise man; a sage.
 * 5)  A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.
 * 1)  One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.
 * 2)  A wise man; a sage.
 * 3)  A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.
 * 1)  A wise man; a sage.
 * 2)  A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.
 * 1)  A wise man; a sage.
 * 2)  A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.
 * 1)  A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.

Synonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:magician
 * see also Thesaurus:skilled person
 * witch (usually female)
 * mage
 * sorcerer

Translations

 * Afrikaans: towenaar
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: سَاحِر, مُشَعْوِذ
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: ওজা, যাদুকৰ
 * Asturian: bruxu
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: чараўні́к, чарадзе́й, маг, шапту́н, вядзьма́к, вядзьма́р
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, , ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Chechen: холмачхо
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 巫師
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Cornish: pystrier
 * Czech:, , , vědmák
 * Danish: troldmand, troldkarl, troldkvinde , magiker
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Dzongkha: སྒྱུ་མ་མཁན
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: sorĉisto, magiisto
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: bruxo, meigo, feiticeiro, vedoiro, baluro
 * Georgian: ჯადოქარი, გრძნეული,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: μάγος
 * Gujarati:
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hindi:, , , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:,  galdrakarl,  töframaður,
 * Indonesian:, tukang sihir, penyihir
 * Ingrian: tiitäjä
 * Irish: draoi, draíodóir, asarlaí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 魔男,, ,
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh:, сиқыршы
 * Khmer: មេធ្មប់,
 * Kikuyu: mũrogi
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , ,
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ນະເລນ, ພໍ່ມົດ, ຄົນວິເສດ, ຜູ້ວິເສດ, ໝໍຜີ
 * Latin: venēficus, magus, maga,, fascinātor, fascinātōrius
 * Latvian: ,
 * Lithuanian: burtininkas
 * Macedonian: волшебник, маѓесник, магионичар, вештер
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:, baz, ahli sihir
 * Maltese: saħħar
 * Maori: ruānuku, tohunga ruānuku, tānematarau
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, ,
 * North Frisian: Gögeler
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: trollmann
 * Nynorsk: trollkall, trollmann, runekall, tauvrekall
 * Occitan: bruèis
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: чародѣи, влъхвъ
 * Old East Slavic: чародѣи
 * Old English: drȳ
 * Pashto: جادوګر, سحرګر, مغ
 * Persian:
 * Dari:, , سِحْرْبَاز
 * Iranian Persian:, , سِحْرْباز
 * Plautdietsch: Zaubra, Hajksenmeista
 * Polish:, , wiedźmak, wiedźmarz
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romani: ćovaxano
 * Balkan Romani: dźadîs
 * Baltic Romani: čovaxaj, čovaxanò
 * Carpathian Romani: čohano
 * Vlax Romani: čoxano, karankoča , karankoči , vrêžîtori
 * Welsh Romani: čovexano, gožvalo gådžo, herimentos
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scots: juglour, sorcerar, varlet, warlock, weird
 * Scottish Gaelic: buidseach, draoidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: чаро̀бња̄к, волшебник, сихирбаз, ве́штац, вје́штац
 * Roman:, volšebnik, sihirbaz , ,
 * Slovak: čarodejník, čarodej, kúzelník
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: asbang
 * Tajik: ҷодугар, соҳир, афсунгар
 * Tatar:, ,
 * Thai: พ่อมด
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian: чарівни́к, чароді́й,, колду́н, відьма́к, чаклу́н
 * Urdu: جادُوگَر, ساحِر, سِحْر باز
 * Uyghur: سېھىرگەر, جادۇگەر
 * Uzbek:, , ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük: magival,  himagival,  jimagival
 * Welsh: dewin, swynwr
 * West Frisian: tsjoender
 * Yiddish: מכשף


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: draoi, saineolaí
 * Italian:
 * Latin: magus
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , ,


 * Afrikaans:, slimmerd
 * Amharic: ዓዋቂ
 * Azerbaijani: ustad
 * Belarusian: ма́йстар
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ;
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: agordilo, asistanto
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: asistente
 * Georgian: ოსტატი
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:, , , wahana pandu
 * Irish: draoi
 * Italian: procedura guidata,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 위저드,
 * Latvian: vednis
 * Macedonian: по́мошник
 * Northern Sotho: wisate
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: draoidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: асѝстент, чаро̀бња̄к, стру̏чња̄к
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak:, asistent
 * Slovene: pomočnik,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkmen: ussat
 * Ukrainian:, , ві́зард
 * Vietnamese: trình thuật sĩ, trình hướng dẫn, trình trợ giúp


 * Catalan:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Latin: magus
 * Maori: ruānuku, hīnātore, wānanga

Adjective

 * 1)  Fine, superb (originally RAF slang).

Verb

 * 1)  To practice wizardry.
 * 2)  To conjure.