magical
adj/ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/
Etymology From magic + -al.
1
Of, relating to, or by means of magic.
- But the vulva is the magical wound that bleeds and heals itself every month, and because it bleeds in sympathy with the dark of the moon, the vulva is an expression not of physiology but of cosmology.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 109:
2
Enchanting.
- The fireworks created a magical atmosphere in that beautiful summer night.
- He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
1 more example
- This latest album, Too Hot To Sleep, concentrates more on his "natural" voice, which is baritone. But on those tunes where he exercises that magical falsetto, I just found myself shaking my head and saying "My, my, my!"1981 December 5, Julie Coles, “Sylvester: Too Hot”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 12:
- Synonyms
- magical, mystic, mystical, numinous, sorcerous, sortilegious, thaumaturgic, witching
- Antonyms
- nonmagical, nonmystic, nonmystical, unmagical, unmystic, unmystical, unwitching
- Derived terms
- automagical, black magical, cacomagical, countermagical, hypermagical, magical boy, magical feminism, magical girl, magicalize, magical Negro, magicalness, magical realism, magical realist, magical thinking, magical word, mathemagical, nonmagical, pyromagical, quasi-magical, semimagical, unmagical, magic § Derived terms
- Related terms
- magicianlike
- Hyponyms
- incantational, incantatory, necromantic, phylacteric, shamanic, shamanistic, talismanic, voodooistic