Abracadabra

a magical word among the ancients, recommended as an antidote against several diseases. It was to be written upon a piece of paper as many times as the word contains letters, omitting the last letter of the former every time, and suspended from the neck by a_ linen thread. It was the name of a god worshipped by the Syrians, the wearing of whose name was a sort of invocation of his aid. ABRACADABRA ABRACADABR ABR A © A DA B ABRACADA ABRACAD A JBLRBAC A ABRACO ABRA ABR AB A At present, the word is used chiefly in jest, to denote something without meaning.