archimage

[ ahr-kuh-meyj ]

/ ˈɑr kəˌmeɪdʒ /

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noun

a great magician.

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Origin of archimage

First recorded in 1545–55; archi- + mage

Words nearby archimage

archiepiscopal, archiepiscopate, archil, Archilochian, Archilochus, archimage, archimandrite, Archimedean, Archimedean solid, Archimedes, Archimedes' principle

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How to use archimage in a sentence

So runs the chronicle; and thus Mr. Burne-Jones, the ‘Archimage of the esoteric unreal,’ treats the subject.
Miscellanies|Oscar Wilde
The learned Marsilio Ficino translated Plotinus, that great archimage of platonic mysticism.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Isaac D'Israeli
Fear not for me, nor think that this our age, Blind though it be, hath yet no Archimage.
The Bon Gaultier Ballads|William Edmonstoune Aytoun

British Dictionary definitions for archimage

archimage

/ (ˈɑːkɪˌmeɪdʒ) /

noun

a great magician or wizard

Word Origin for archimage

C16: from archi- + mage, from Latin magus magician

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