léger de main

See also: legerdemain

French

Etymology

Literally, “light of hand”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le.ʒe d(ə) mɛ̃/

Adjective

léger de main

(archaic, literary) skillful

Further reading

"Léger de (la) main" in the entry “léger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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