Word of the Day
Sunday, October 28, 2012Cantrip
\ KAHN-trip \ , noun;
1.
Chiefly Scot. A magic spell; trick by sorcery.
2.
Chiefly British. Artful shamming meant to deceive.
Used properly, it may be possible to drive a vampire or garou into frenzy
with this cantrip.
with this cantrip.
-- Steve Long, Ethan Skemp, Combat
And before I knew it her arms were around me, and she smelt of
lavender and delicious silk, and her voice in my ear was whispering
something—a cantrip, I thought, with a twist of surprise, a cantrip,just like
the days in Lansquenet—and then I looked up and it wasn’t Maman there at all.
lavender and delicious silk, and her voice in my ear was whispering
something—a cantrip, I thought, with a twist of surprise, a cantrip,just like
the days in Lansquenet—and then I looked up and it wasn’t Maman there at all.
-- Joanne Harris, The Girl with No Shadow: A Novel
Cantrip is of uncertain origin, but it is most likely a variation of the Old English
word calcatrippe which referred to both a plant and a type of iron ball used to
block cavalry in warfare.
Cantrip is of uncertain origin, but it is most likely a variation of the Old English
word calcatrippe which referred to both a plant and a type of iron ball used to
block cavalry in warfare.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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