Dictionary

talismanic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌtælɪzˈmænɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English talisman Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English talismanic From talisman + -ic.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or similar to, a talisman.
   • Midfielder Hayley Raso put the game beyond doubt in the second half, before the team’s talismanic striker Sam Kerr – the face of this home World Cup – made her return to the pitch following the calf injury she suffered on the eve of the tournament. 2023 August 7, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian:
   • 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. 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
   • For Marshall, law possessed a talismanic quality, representing all that was best in American democracy. 2021 July 14, Stephen L. Carter, “What Thurgood Marshall Taught Me”, in The New York Times:
2. Possessing or believed to possess protective magical power.

Forms

Deriveds

talismanically

Translations (6)

es talismánico (of, relating to, or like, a talisman) · fr talismanique (of, relating to, or like, a talisman) · it talismanico (of, relating to, or like, a talisman) · pt talismânico (of, relating to, or like, a talisman) · pl talizmaniczny (of, relating to, or like, a talisman) · fi talismaaninen (of, relating to, or like, a talisman)