grimoire
A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing…A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons.
» A grimoire is a book of magic.
Eine Grimoire ist ein Zauberbuch.
Meaning
1 sensesA book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons.
Grimoire, Zauberbuch
гримуа́рgrimuár, колдовска́я кни́гаkoldovskája kníga
a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons)
Examples
4 sentencesA grimoire is a book of magic.
deEine Grimoire ist ein Zauberbuch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The wizard read from the old grimoire.
deDer Zauberer las aus der alten Hexenfibel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The ancient grimoire contained forbidden black magic spells.
The first object that caught his attention was a large grimoire, or book of spells, which lay open on the philosopher's desk.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French grimoire, a variant of grammaire, from Old French gramaire (“grammar;Borrowed from French grimoire, a variant of grammaire, from Old French gramaire (“grammar; grimoire; conjurer, magician”), from Latin grammatica (“grammar; philology”), from grammaticus (“relating to grammar, grammatical”), from Ancient Greek γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grămmătĭkós, “knowing one's letters; concerned with textual criticism”), from γράμμα (grámma, “that which is drawn or written; letter; book, writing”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix added to noun stems to form adjectives). γράμμα is derived from γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to cut into, scratch; to draw, paint; to write”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve”)) + -μᾰ (-mă, suffix added to verbal stems forming neuter nouns denoting the result of, a particular instance of, or the object of an action). The English word is a doublet of glamour, glamoury, gramarye, and grammar.
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