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abracadabra
(Encyclopedia) abracadabraabracadabraăbˌrəkədăbˈrə [key], magical formula used by the Gnostics (see Gnosticism) to invoke the aid of benevolent spirits to ward off disease and affliction. It is…Brewer's: Abracadabra
Abracada′bra A charm. It is said that Abracadabra was the supreme deity of the Assyrians. Q. Severus Sammonicus recommended the use of the word as a powerful antidote against ague, flux,…The Devil's Dictionary: Abracadabra.
by Ambrose Bierce ABORIGINIESABRIDGEABRACADABRA. By Abracadabra we signify An infinite number of things. 'Tis the answer to What? and How? and Why? And Whence? and Whither? —…amulet
(Encyclopedia) amuletamuletămˈyəlĭt [key], object or formula that credulity and superstition have endowed with the power of warding off harmful influences. The use of the amulet to avert danger and…Brewer's: Above your hook
i.e., beyond your comprehension; beyond your mark. The allusion is to hat-pegs placed in rows; the higher rows are above the reach of small statures. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Abracax
also written Abraxas or Abrasax, in Persian mythology denotes the Supreme Being. In Greek notation it stands for 365. In Persian mythology Abracax presides over 365 impersonated virtues,…The Devil's Dictionary: Aboriginies
by Ambrose Bierce ABNORMALABRACADABRA.ABORIGINIES -n. Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.The Devil's Dictionary: Abridge
by Ambrose Bierce ABRACADABRA.ABRUPTABRIDGE -v.t. To shorten. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the…Xuxa
Maria da Graça "Xuxa" Meneghel is famous in Brazil as the cheery blonde host of a long series of popular variety shows for children. Xuxa was a teen model who later posed as a centerfold in the…Robert Graves: Love and Black Magic
Love and Black MagicTo the woods, to the woods is the wizard gone; In his grotto the maiden sits alone. She gazes up with a weary smile At the rafter-hanging crocodile, The slowly swinging…Trending
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