Talk:talismanic

RFC discussion: June 2012

The following discussion has been moved from Wiktionary:Requests for cleanup (permalink).

This discussion is no longer live and is left here as an archive. Please do not modify this conversation, but feel free to discuss its conclusions.

---

talismanic

"Having a magical protective power". Not really sure what this means. Mglovesfun (talk) 13:38, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Could it be in the sense of these quotes;

• The talismanic power of the victorious athlete is quite similar to the consecrating power associated with a purified murderer...[1]
• Was it something after this manner that Ficino himself composed images, in which the basic magical or, talismanic power was softened by expansion into Renaissance classical forms?[2]
• Nevertheless, there exist a number of prayers the purpose of which is to provide talismanic protection to the reader or wearer or, in some cases, to others less directly associated with them.[3]
• The talismanic charm of that missive will never be textually known, Madame Hanska's letters, one and all, having been destroyed.[4]

SpinningSpark 15:40, 30 June 2012 (UTC)