mumbo jumbo
noun
1 mumbo jumbo
Language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion.
Roget 979:
god,
goddess;
heathen gods and goddesses;
deva†;
Jupiter,
Jove
&c.;
pantheon.
Allah†,
Bathala†,
Brahm†,
Brahma†,
Brahma†,
cloud-compeller,
Devi,
Durga,
Kali,
oread†,
the Great Spirit,
Ushas;
water nymph,
wood nymph;
Yama,
Varuna,
Zeus;
Vishnu
[Hindu deities],
Siva,
Shiva,
Krishna,
Juggernath†,
Buddha;
Isis
[Egyptian deities],
Osiris,
Ra;
Belus,
Bel,
Baal†,
Asteroth
&c.;
Thor
[Norse deities],
Odin;
Mumbo Jumbo;
good genius,
tutelary genius;
demiurge,
familiar;
sibyl;
fairy,
fay;
sylph,
sylphid;
Ariel†,
peri,
nymph,
nereid,
dryad,
seamaid,
banshee,
benshie†,
Ormuzd;
Oberon,
Mab,
hamadryad†,
naiad,
mermaid,
kelpie†,
Ondine,
nixie,
sprite;
denizens of the air;
pixy
etc.
(bad spirit)
980.
mythology;
heathen-mythology,
fairy-mythology;
Lempriere,
folklore.
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Roget 993:
spell,
charm,
incantation,
exorcism,
weird,
cabala†,
exsufflation†,
cantrap†,
runes,
abracadabra,
open sesame,
countercharm†,
Ephesian letters,
bell book and candle,
Mumbo Jumbo,
evil eye,
fee-faw-fum.
talisman,
amulet,
periapt†,
telesm†,
phylactery,
philter;
fetich,
fetish;
agnus Dei [Lat.],
lamb of God;
furcula†,
madstone†;
mascot,
mascotte†;
merrythought†;
Om,
Aum†;
scarab,
scarabaeus†;
sudarium†,
triskelion,
veronica,
wishbone;
swastika,
fylfot†,
gammadion†.
wand,
caduceus,
rod,
divining rod,
lamp of Aladdin†;
wishing-cap,
Fortunatus's cap.
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Moby thesaurus: Mumbo Jumbo, abracadabra, absurdity, amorphousness, amphigory, amulet, anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, argot, babble, babblement, balderdash, bibble-babble, blabber, blather, bogey, bogeyman, boggart, bogle, bombast, booger, boogerman, boogeyman, bug, bugaboo, bugbear, bugger, cabala, cabalism, cant, charm, claptrap, conjuration, dark, darkness, double-talk, drivel, drool, escamotage, esotericism, esoterics, esoterism, esotery, fee-faw-fum, fetish, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, fog, fogginess, folderol, fudge, fustian, fuzziness, fylfot, gabble, galimatias, gammadion, gammon, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gobbledygook, good-luck charm, hanky-panky, hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey, hoodoo, humbug, incantation, indeterminateness, indistinctness, jabber, jargon, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, juggling, juju, legerdemain, lingo, love charm, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, magic formula, magic words, mascot, mist, mistiness, monkey business, mummery, murk, murkiness, mystery, mysticism, mystification, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, obeah, obfuscation, obscurantism, obscuration, obscurity, occultism, opacity, open sesame, pack of nonsense, palaver, patois, patter, periapt, perplexity, philter, phraseology, phylactery, prate, prattle, prestidigitation, rant, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, scatology, shapelessness, skimble-skamble, slang, sleight of hand, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, sudarium, swastika, symbolics, symbolism, taboo language, talisman, trash, trickery, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, unclarity, unclearness, unplainness, vagueness, vaporing, vernacular, veronica, vocabulary, voodoo, vulgar language, waffling, whammy, yoga, yogeeism, yogism ... show more.
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