talismen

English

Etymology

Plural of talisman by erroneous analogy with man → men; compare shamen.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: tăʹlĭsmĕn, IPA^(key): /ˈtalɪsmɛn/

Noun

talismen

(nonstandard) plural of talisman
- 1911, James H. Anderson, Riddles of Prehistoric Times, page 205:
  They had fetiches and talismen, who bring good fortune.
- 1934, Charles W. Warner, Quacks, page 38:
  It is easy to understand how the sale or barter of talismen begun.
- 1988, Richard McGill, Omamori, page 234:
  A talisman of the Grand Shrine of Ise was placed vertically within the shrine. There were also talismen for the guardian kami.
- 2004, John Bassett McCleary, The Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia (and Phraseicon) of the 1960s, page 149:
  The 1960s and ‛70s counterculture borrowed many fetishes and talismen from other cultures to adorn themselves and their surroundings.
- 2004, James Fairhead, Melissa Leach, Mary Small, Childhood vaccination and society in the Gambia, page 20:
  Many parents also place a variety of talismen or safe (“jujus”) on their babies.

Anagrams

Simental, ailments, aliments, manliest, melanist, melastin, mentalis, salt mine, saltmine, smaltine

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