cantrip

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noun

Plural noun:

cantripscantrapcantrupcantraip

1.
A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw’d the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight Each in its cauld hand held a light […]
Đồng nghĩa: enchantment, hex, spell, cantrip, chantment, charm, craft, dwimmer, enchantment, hex, incantation, magic, magic spell, makutu, mojo, obeah, pishogue, rune, spell, spellword, wanga
2.
A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.
3.
(roleplaying games) A minor spell, typically one that can be cast without preparation.

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enchantmenthexspellchantmentcharm craftdwimmerincantation magicmagic spellmakutu mojo obeah pishogue rune spellword wanga

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From Middle cantrip, cantrap (a magic charm; a trick). Further origin obscure, but likely a corruption of canntaireachd (identical to cantaireacht), referring to a system of musical notation consisting of a series of otherwise meaningless syllables memorised by pipers in learning their tunes; this was then used similarly to abracadabra.