WITCH  and WIZARD . These two words are now generally used of an See also:

• ADEPT (if used as a substantive pronounced adept, if as an adjective adept; from Lat. adeptus, one who has Attained)

adept of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• ART

art, a sorcerer, magician, See also:

• FEMALE

female and male respectively (see MAGIC and See also:

• WITCHCRAFT

WITCHCRAFT) . " Witch," I formerly of See also:

• COMMON

common gender, represents O . Eng. wicca (masc.), wicce (See also:

• FERN (from O. Eng. fearn, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch varen, and Ger. Farn; the Indo-European root, seen in the Sanskrit parna, a feather, shows the primary meaning; cf. Gr. rmep6 , feather, rTepis, fern)

fern.), See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent-nouns to wiccian, to practise sorcery, probably a causative verb from O . Eng. wiccn, to give way (cf " weak "), and therefore signifying to avert (evil), conjure away So Norweg. vikja means (I) to turn aside, (2) to exorcise . The participial " wicked " means witch-like . " Wizard " is formed from " See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise," with the slightly contemptuous Anglo-See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French suffix -ard, as in drunkard, laggard, sluggard, &c .