ETYMOLOGY
from Latin praestigiatorius from praestigiat– , past participial stem of praestigiare prestigiate (vb.) to deceive by illusion as if by magic
+ Latin –ōrius –ory
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1588 – see EXAMPLE below
EXAMPLE
“…or finally of any their other colourable glosses, & hypocriticall subornations, in some like prestigiatory, and sophisticall veine?…”
From: A Discoursiue Probleme Concerning Prophesies
– John Harvey
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