Legerdemain (noun)
lej-er-dem-ayn
sleight of hand.
Legerdemain comes from a late Middle English word, legerdemeyn, meaning “skill in conjuring.” which comes from a Middle French phrase, léger de main, meaning “nimble” or “skillful” that’s literally translated as “light of hand.” Legerdemain was first recorded between 1400–1450.
Example sentences
“The pickpocket’s legerdemain was so skillful that her victims had no idea their wallets were missing until much later.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
