magical
//ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl//
Forms
- Comparative
- more magical
- Superlative
- most magical
Definitions
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.
2.Enchanting.
- The fireworks created a magical atmosphere in that beautiful summer night.
- 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!"
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4866
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-ú-s
Proto-Indo-Iranian *magʰúš
Proto-Iranian *magúš
Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /maguš/)bor.
Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Hellenic *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)