juggler

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 346 words | Copyright

juggler †jester, buffoon; †magician, wizard; conjurer. XII. ME. iugelere, -lour, iogeler—OF. jog-, j(o)uglere, acc. jogleor, etc. :- L. joculātor, -ōr-, f. joculārī jest; also OF. jogler :- medL. joculāris buffoon, sb. use of the adj.
So jugglery XIII. Hence (or — OF. jugler) juggle XIV.

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