prestidigitator means one who performs feats of prestidigitation; a sleight-of-hand artist. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 81 out of 100.
Why “prestidigitator” is a great word
PRESTIDIGITATOR — [Noun] One who performs feats of sleight-of-hand, an artist of covert digital manipulation. From French prestidigitateur, from Latin praestō (“ready, at hand”) and digitus (“finger”), with the French suffix -ateur (“-ator”). First attested in English in 1843. Unlike an illusionist, who commands grand stage apparatus, or a juggler, who masters overt coordination, the prestidigitator is a master of the secret and the unseen. He is the whisper of a coin vanishing between knuckles, the impossible travel of a chosen card through a shuffled deck, the sudden bloom of a silk scarf from an empty palm—a practitioner of quiet, intimate miracles that live solely in the disbelief of your eyes.
noun
- One who performs feats of prestidigitation; a sleight-of-hand artist.