apotropaic
apotropaic · more apotropaic · most apotropaic
apotropäisch
Intended to ward off evilIntended to ward off evil.
/ˌæpətɹəˈpeɪ.ɪk/
» The horseshoe brings luck and has apotropaic meaning.
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1 sensesIntended to ward off evil.
apotropäisch
More definitions
- having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
Examples
1 sentencesThe horseshoe brings luck and has apotropaic meaning.
Translations
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By meaning 1
intended to ward off evil:
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) and τρόπος (trópos, “From Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) and τρόπος (trópos, “turn”); thus meaning “causing things to turn away”, as in “turns away evil”.
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Forms
more apotropaic, most apotropaic| Comparative | more apotropaic Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most apotropaic Lesson |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.