Talismen
Pronunciation
- RP enPR: tăʹlÄsmÄ•n, IPA: /ˈtalɪsmÉ›n/
Origin
Plural of talisman by erroneous analogy with man → men; compare shamen.
Noun
plural
- (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 (“jujusâ€) on their babies.