apotropaic
Meanings
Adjective
Noun
- An agent intended to ward off evil.
Origin
- From Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος, from ἀπό and τρόπος; thus meaning “causing things to turn away”, as in “turns away evil”.
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