magico-

UK/ˈmadʒɪkəʊ/

prefix

magic, magical.

OriginLatin magicus →
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Meanings

prefix
  1. magic, magical.

    panaceas, martial amulets, unguentum armarium, balsams, strange extracts, elixirs, and such-like magico-magnetical cures.

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4

Origin

  1. Latinmagicus“magic”
  2. Englishmagico-

Combining form of Latin magicus (“magic”).

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APA

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MLA

“magico-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magico-. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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