talismanic

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English

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Etymology

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From talisman +‎ -ic.

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Adjective

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talismanic (comparative more talismanic, superlative most talismanic)

  1. Of, relating to, or like, a talisman.
    • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      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 July 14, Stephen L. Carter, “What Thurgood Marshall Taught Me”, in The New York Times:
      For Marshall, law possessed a talismanic quality, representing all that was best in American democracy.
    • 2023 August 7, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian[2]:
      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.
  2. Possessing or believed to possess protective magical power.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French talismanique. By surface analysis, talisman +‎ -ic.

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Adjective

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talismanic m or n (feminine singular talismanică, masculine plural talismanici, feminine and neuter plural talismanice)

  1. talismanic

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