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SORCEROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sorcerous mean?
• SORCEROUS (adjective)
The adjective SORCEROUS has 1 sense:
1. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
Familiarity information: SORCEROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
Synonyms:
charming; magic; magical; sorcerous; witching; wizard; wizardly
Context example:
wizardly powers
Similar:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
Derivation:
sorcery (the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world)
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