wizard
English
/ˈwɪ.zəd/, /wɪ.zɚd/
noun
Definitions
- Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
- One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
- (computing) A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
- (Internet) One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.
- (obsolete) A wise man; a sage.
- (internet slang) An adult virgin over the age of 30.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wysard affix from English wise (way, manner, knowledgeable).
Origin
English
wise
Gloss
way, manner, knowledgeable
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwise English
- airwise English
- archwizard English
- bewizard English
- cop-wise English
- copwise English
- cyberwizard English
- firewise English
- half-wizard English
- nonwizard English
- nowise English
- overwise English
- penny-wise English
- pennywise English
- righteous English
- technowizard English
- technowizardry English
- unwise English
- unwizardly English
- way-wise English
- wisdom English
- wise English
- wise-hearted English
- wiseass English
- wisecrack English
- wisehead English
- wisehood English
- wiselike English
- wiseling English
- wisely English
- wisen English
- wiseness English
- wizardcraft English
- wizardess English
- wizardhood English
- wizarding English
- wizardkind English
- wizardless English
- wizardlike English
- wizardliness English
- wizardling English
- wizardly English
- wizardry English
- workwise English
- worldlywise English
- worldwise English
- ウィザード Japanese
- wis Middle English
- wysard Middle English
- wise
- wisen
- wisdom
- unwise
- wisely
- nowise
- copwise
- airwise
- wiseass
- cop-wise
- workwise
- wizardry
- bewizard
- overwise
- wiseness
- wizardly
- wisehead
- firewise
- wiselike
- way-wise
- wisehood
- wiseling
- wisecrack
- worldwise
- nonwizard
- righteous
- pennywise
- wizarding
- wizardess
- afterwise
- wizardhood
- archwizard
- unwizardly
- penny-wise
- wizardless
- wizardlike
- wizardkind
- wizardling
- worldlywise
- wizardcraft
- half-wizard
- cyberwizard
- wizardliness
- wise-hearted
- technowizard
- technowizardry