hoodwinkeryEtymologyFrom hoodwink (“to deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead”) + -ery.nounThe process or act of hoodwinking; deception, trickery.“This actress is a brilliant comedienne, a mistress of the art of insinuation, extremely skilled in the hoodwinkery of gestures of which Duse was the greatest exponent.”An instance of hoodwinking; a deception or trick.“When a conjurer truly enjoys his work, when he radiates that uncounterfeitable pleasure he derives from doing his mysterious hoodwinkeries, no audience in the world can resist him.”