Legerdemain

lej-er-də-MAYN (/ˌlɛdʒərdəˈmeɪn/)

sleight of hand; deft, almost magical skill.

“Few pop songs show such musical legerdemain — George Michael writing, producing and performing every layer of ‘Last Christmas’ alone.”

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the place of origin or earliest known history of something.

lustful; lecherous; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.

things that are of the same kind or type.

shocked or greatly surprised.

the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.

the quality of being reserved or uncommunicative.