wizard adj.
(orig. US) a general term of approval, excellent, wonderful; thus constr. with a, an excellent example.
![]() | Babbitt 216: The Rev. Dr. John Jennison Drew [...] is a wizard soul-winner. | |
![]() | Black Mischief 277: They [...] righted themselves and stopped dead within a few feet of danger. ‘Wizard show that,’ remarked the pilot. | |
![]() | Died in the Wool (1963) 60: He’d got a wizard of a camera. | |
![]() | Enemy Coast Ahead (1955) 50: God, look at those bags under his eyes; he must have had a wizard time! | |
![]() | Jennings’ Diary 241: Isn’t it wizard to think we’re going home in a few hours from now, sir? | |
![]() | Concrete Kimono 110: A perfectly wizard idea. | |
![]() | Airtight Willie and Me 165: The good old days of wizard torsos. | |
![]() | Rhyme Stew (1990) 34: I’ve got a wizard plan. | |
![]() | Guardian Editor 8 Oct. 20: It was absolutely wizard to hear gunfire. | |
![]() | Pound for Pound 13: Och, paddy, he’s wizard. |
In derivatives
in an admirable, first-rate manner.
![]() | Otterbury Incident 98: I must say he did it wizardly. |