sorcerer's apprentice
nounEtymology
Calque of French apprenti-sorcier, itself a calque of German Zauberlehrling.
- derived from Zauberlehrling
- calqued from apprenti-sorcier
Definitions
Person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible consequences…
Person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible consequences of their experiments and without the ability to contain them should they spiral out of control.
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