talismen
English edit
Etymology edit
Plural of talisman by erroneous analogy with man → men; compare shamen.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tăʹlĭsmĕn, IPA(key): /ˈtalɪsmɛn/
Noun edit
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.