dwimmercraft
nounUK /ˈdwɪməˌkɹɑːft/ · US /ˈdwɪmɚˌkɹæft/
Etymology From Middle English dwimmer-craft, dwemercraft, from Old English dweomorcræft (“magical arts, sorcery”), equivalent to dwimmer + -craft.
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Fantasy The art of illusion; the art of magic; sorcery; magic.
- He had walked the wilds of Imokoi before, he had pierced rakshas illusions, seenthrough the mist of demonic dwimmer-craft centuries ago.2005, Samit Basu, Manticore's Secret:
- The soldiers peered into the deep dark shaft In which lay the monk with tonsorshorn / A victim of the sorcerous lady's dwimmer craft / […]2011, John Henson, Broken Wings:
- Related terms
- dweomer