talismanic
English
Etymology
From talisman + -ic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtælɪzˈmænɪk/
Adjective
talismanic (comparative more talismanic, superlative most talismanic)
- Of, relating to, or like, a talisman.
- 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
- Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.
- 2021, Stephen L. Carter, What Thurgood Marshall Taught Me, in: The New York Times, July 14 2021
- For Marshall, law possessed a talismanic quality, representing all that was best in American democracy.
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- Possessing or believed to possess protective magical power.
Derived terms
- talismanically
Translations
of, relating to, or like, a talisman
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Anagrams
- anaclitism
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French talismanique.
Adjective
talismanic m or n (feminine singular talismanică, masculine plural talismanici, feminine and neuter plural talismanice)
- talismanic
Declension
Declension of talismanic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | talismanic | talismanică | talismanici | talismanice | ||
| definite | talismanicul | talismanica | talismanicii | talismanicele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | talismanic | talismanice | talismanici | talismanice | ||
| definite | talismanicului | talismanicei | talismanicilor | talismanicelor | |||