Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

automagic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: au-tomag-ic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A process carried out automatically in such a clever way that the result appears to be magic.

Uncountable

Etymology

Blend of automatic + magic; from the principle (often called Clarke's third law) that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

automagical automagically

Rhymes With

magic stage magic tragic pelagic haemorrhagic abyssopelagic biopelagic

Questions

What does automagic mean?: A process carried out automatically in such a clever way that the result appears to be magic.
Where does automagic come from?: Blend of automatic + magic; from the principle (often called Clarke's third law) that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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