APOTROPAIC


Meaning of APOTROPAIC in English

|apətrə|pāik adjective

Etymology: Greek apotropai os (from apotrepein to turn away, from apo- + trepein to turn) + English -ic — more at trope

: designed to avert or turn aside evil

an apotropaic ritual — J.H.Moulton

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