Wizard of Oz

== English == === Etymology === The name of a character from the 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, or any of its adaptations, about the journey of Dorothy through the magical Land of Oz in search of a way home. === Noun === Wizard of Oz (plural Wizards of Oz) A person, believed to have magical powers because of awe-inspiring displays, but, as ultimately revealed, ordinary. 2006 October 25, Joe Scarborough, interview with Bill Mahar, Scarborough Country, MSNBC I'm not one of these people that say, “Listen, we should bow down to the Wizard of Oz ’cause we don’t know what’s going on behind that curtain.” (engineering, social sciences, usually attributive) A person simulating the operation of a supposed intelligent device, usually in an experiment. ==== Derived terms ==== Wizard of Oz experiment ==== Translations ====