unmagic

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From un- +‎ magic.

Verb edit

unmagic (third-person singular simple present unmagics, present participle unmagicking, simple past and past participle unmagicked)

(transitive) To deprive of magic or of magical prowess
- 2012, Anne Poltera, Castle Magic and the Sinister Encroaching Fir Wood, page 163:
  However, he obediently sat down and shut his eyes. After a while he opened them and said, “I must have been able to 'unmagic' a crow just by being kind to it, and I was able to contact trees and things in the garden."

Etymology 2 edit

From un- +‎ magic.

Noun edit

unmagic (uncountable)

Lack or absence of magic; magiclessness
- 2011, Tamora Pierce, Magic Steps:
  Tying and knotting the net, she had become attuned to unmagic.