Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wizard
- uncountableThe magical work of a wizard; sorcery, witchcraft.
Not using magic is what wizarding is all about!
2000, Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent3 more examples
And he said he knew the paper was but a forgery, my lord; that His Highness, Rechad Effendi, had never seen it; that his master the American knew this too; that he had learnt all my lord's plans by wizarding, and knew them...
1904, Arthur Williams Marchmont, Norman Hardy, By snare of loveFor instance, when Dumbledore offered to pay him ten Galleons a week — a standard wizarding wage, but for an elf an embarras de richesses...
2007, William P MacNeil, Lex populi: the jurisprudence of popular cultureYou are already a real wizard, he says, and the only way you’ll get any better is by wizarding.
2011, Kazerad, ==>, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), July 27 2011
Origin
From wizard + -ing, popularized in the late 1990s by J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
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