Apotropaic Definition

ăpə-trō-pāĭk
adjective
Safeguarding against evil.
Webster's New World

Intended to ward off evil.

Wiktionary

Origin of Apotropaic

  • From Greek apotropaios from apotrepein to ward off apo- apo- trepein to turn trep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος (apotropaios), from ἀποτρέπω (apotrepō).

    From Wiktionary

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