totemic

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Serving as, or relating to, a totem. not-comparable
    — The Lithuanian director escaped the Nazis and moved to New York, where he became a totemic figure for artists including Andy Warhol and John Lennon[.]

词源

Etymology tree
Ojibwe (o)doodem(an)bor.
English totem
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English totemic
From totem + -ic.
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