Etymology

Wizard of Oz

Today it means: A person, believed to have magical powers because of awe-inspiring displays, but, as ultimately revealed, ordinary. Full definition →

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The story

The name of a character from the 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, or any of its adaptations, about the journey of Dorothy through the magical Land of Oz in search of a way home.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.