sorcerer's apprentice
sorcerer's apprentice · sorcerer's apprentices
Person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible…Person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible consequences of their experiments and without the ability to contain them should they spiral out of control.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory)Person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible consequences of their experiments and without the ability to contain them should they spiral out of control.
Zauberlehrling
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
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Origin
Calque of French apprenti-sorcier, itself a calque of German Zauberlehrling.Calque of French apprenti-sorcier, itself a calque of German Zauberlehrling.
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Forms
plural: sorcerer's apprentices| Singular | sorcerer's apprentice |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmad scientist