talismen

English

Etymology

Plural of talisman by erroneous analogy with manmen; compare shamen.

Pronunciation

Noun

talismen

  1. (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.

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