apotropaic

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  • Adjective:
    having the power to prevent evil or bad luck

Word Origin

apotropaic (adj.)
1883, with -ic + Greek apotropaios "averting evil," from apotrepein "to turn away, avert," from apo- "off, away" (see apo-) + trepein "to turn" (see trope).

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