This week’s theme
Words for people

This week’s words
malcontent
fanboy
thaumaturge
temporizer
casuist

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PRONUNCIATION:

(THO-muh-tuhrj)

MEANING:

noun:
1. A miracle worker.
2. A magician.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek thaumat- (wonder, miracle) + -urgy (work). Earliest documented use: 1715.

USAGE:

“Gottlieb brought me health like a thaumaturge. He came a first time to examine the situation, then several more times, equipped with vials and syringes, and a last time, when he said, ‘Rise and walk.’ The pain had disappeared.”
Primo Levi; The Complete Works of Primo Levi; Liveright; 2015.

See more usage examples of thaumaturge in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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