apotropaic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An agent intended to ward off evil.
形容词 adj.
  1. Intended to ward off evil.
    — Wormwood [...] was associated with the rites of St. John's Eve, when a crown of the plant was made from its sprays for apotropaic purposes, to ward of malefic spirits.

词形变化

more apotropaic comparative most apotropaic superlative apotropaics plural

词源

词源 1
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”.
词源 2
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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