wizarding

English

Etymology

From wizard +‎ -ing, popularized in the late 1990s by J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.

Verb

wizarding

1. present participle and gerund of wizard

Noun

wizarding (uncountable)

1. The magical work of a wizard; sorcery, witchcraft.
   • 1904, Arthur Williams Marchmont, Norman Hardy, By snare of love:

     And he said he knew the paper was but a forgery, my lord; that His Highness, Rechad Effendi, had never seen it; that his master the American knew this too; that he had learnt all my lord's plans by wizarding, and knew them...

   • 2000, Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent:

     Not using magic is what wizarding is all about!

   • 2007, William P MacNeil, Lex populi: the jurisprudence of popular culture:

     For instance, when Dumbledore offered to pay him ten Galleons a week — a standard wizarding wage, but for an elf an embarras de richesses...

   • 2011, Kazerad, ==>, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), July 27 2011

     You are already a real wizard, he says, and the only way you’ll get any better is by wizarding.