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Muggle.

A person who has no magical abilities.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmʌɡl̩/
  1. A person who has no magical abilities.

  2. A person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; (also) a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider or cowan.

    broadly
    This video game won’t appeal to muggles.
  3. A person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; (also) a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider or cowan. A person not involved in the pastime of geocaching.

    broadly
Where this word comes from

From mug (“gullible or easily cheated person”) + -le (diminutive suffix), coined by British author J. K. Rowling in her 1997 book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. She later said in a 2004 interview that the word was made to imply both "foolishness and loveability".

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