n.
- the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.
▸mysterious tricks performed as entertainment.
- a mysterious and enchanting quality:
the magic of the theatre.
▸informal exceptional skill or talent.
adj.
- having or apparently having supernatural powers.
- Brit. informal very good or enjoyable.
v.
(magics, magicking, magicked)
move, change, or create by or as if by magic.
Derivative
- magical adj.
- magically adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. magique, from L. magicus (adj.), late L. magica (n.), from Gk magikē (tekhnē) ‘(art of) a magus’.