wizard
/ˈwɪzəd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
noun
One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
noun
A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
noun
An administrator of a multi-user dungeon, or someone who has earned similar rights through gameplay; a user in wizard mode.
noun
A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.
Humorous
Example Sentences
- "The wizard conjured up a large fireball."
- "The wily wizard must be caught."
- "He found himself watching a couple of wizards doing what he at first mistook for the beginning of a dance, and then for a session of tai chi. But suddenly he realized they were signing."
- "But that's not what will make her a powerful wizard – more powerful than me, more powerful than Leesha, even more powerful than you."
- "He was a financial wizard, capable of predicting the movements of the stock markets."
- "Use the "Add Network Connection" wizard to connect to a network in a series of simple steps."
Etymology
From Middle English wysard, wysarde, equivalent to wise + -ard. A uniquely medieval English word with no known morphologically exact cognates in other Germanic languages; did not gain distinct sense of "occultist, magic user" (as opposed to a philosopher or sage) until circa 1500s, aligning roughly with the starting English Renaissance. However, via Proto-Indo-European *weyd- cognate with Proto-Celtic *druwits (whence English druid), Proto-Slavic *vědьma (Polish wiedźma, Russian ве́дьма (védʹma)), Russian веду́н (vedún). The sense of "old (male) virgin" is from a Japanese Internet meme in which 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 4chan and adjacent online incel spaces. Compare typologically specialist (<< Latin speciō).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *weyd-, wysard
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɪzəd/
- British English: /ˈwɪzəd/