wizard

Meanings

Noun

• Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
• One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
• A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
• One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.
• A wise man; a sage.
• An adult virgin over the age of 30.

Adjective

• Fine, superb (originally RAF slang).

Verb

• To practice wizardry.
• To conjure.

Origin

• From Middle English wysard, wysarde, equivalent to wise + -ard.
• The sense of "virgin" is from a Japanese Internet meme where virgins gain magical powers upon reaching 30 years of age.