sorcerous

[sawr-ser-uhs]

adjective

1. of the nature of or involving sorcery.

2. using sorcery.

Other Word Forms

• sorcerously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorcerous¹

First recorded in 1540–50; sorcer(y) + -ous

Example Sentences

It doesn’t even get into the question of whether an AI can actually attain consciousness, where the sorcerous aspect of this project is even more explicit.

From Seattle Times

But it also means that Black Widow’s comparatively grounded and realistic adventure is coming after WandaVision’s sorcerous saga or Loki’s era-spanning epic.

From The Verge

It’s an almost cyberpunk take on the genre in a city filled with sorcerous computers and augmentations.

From The Verge

It also becomes a crucial if cowardly life-saving tactic when Sivana swoops in, determined to eliminate this threat to his sorcerous domain.

From Los Angeles Times

If you are ever longing for a sorcerous way to improve the picture on your driver’s license, he is definitely the magician to call.

From New York Times

Related Words

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• enchanting 
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• magic 
• marvelous 
• miraculous 
• mysterious 
• mythical 
• otherworldly 
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• spooky 
• uncanny 
• unusual 
• weird 
• wonderful 

When To Use

What does sorcerous mean?

Sorcerous means using or involving sorcery—supernatural power or the ability to use supernatural powers (witchcraft or magic).The word sorcery often (though not always) refers to so-called black magic—magic used for evil purposes.A person who can perform sorcery is called a sorcerer (which can be used for any gender, but typically refers to a man) or a sorceress (which refers to a woman). Sorcerer and sorceress are often used to refer to evil characters in works of fiction, especially in the fantasy genre. In contrast, similar words like wizard and magician usually imply that such figures use their powers for good. If not, you’d usually call them an evil wizard or evil magician.Sorcerous may or may not imply evil, but it usually implies great power—and often great skill and command of such power.For this reason, the word sorcerous can be used in a figurative way to describe action that takes great skill, as if it’s a magical ability, as in Chris has sorcerous skill in coding. The word sorcery can be used to refer to such skill, and a person who’s skilled in this way can be called a sorcerer or a sorceress.Example: I fear that some sorcerous power has enchanted this land.