Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Legerdemain

Legerdemain (lej`ẽr*de*mān") , noun

[French léger light, nimble + de of + main hand, Latin manus. See 3d Leger, and Manual.]

Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.
He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. — Spenser
The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls. — South