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English Dictionary: Abracadabra by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abracadabra
n
  1. gibberish and nonsense
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Abracadabra \Ab`ra*ca*dab"ra\, n. [L. Of unknown origin.]
      A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the
      figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever.
      At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote
      something without meaning; jargon.
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