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Definition: Talismanic |
TalismanicAdjective1. Possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power; "a talismanic amulet". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "talismanic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sorcery | Adjective: magic, magical; mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric, incantatory; charmed; Verb: Circean, odylic, voodoo. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Talismanic |
| Specialty definitions using "talismanic": Alectorian Stone. (references) |
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| "Talismanic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Talismanic" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "talismanic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | имащ силата на талисман. (various references) | |
Hungarian | bűvös hatású. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alismanictay.(various references) | |
Turkish | tılsımla ilgili, tılsım gibi. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phép (law, trick), bùa (amulet, manitou, periapt, talisman). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "talismanic": talismanically. (additional references) | |
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"Talismanic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: talismatic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-m-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: calamints, claimants. | |
-2 letters: actinias, actinism, animalic, calamint, claimant, mainsail, santalic, staminal, talisman. | |
-3 letters: actinal, actinia, animals, animist, caimans, camails, camisia, catlins, clamant, incisal, intimal, intimas, italics, lactams, laicism, laminas, maniacs, manilas, matinal, mislain, salicin, santimi, satanic, stamina, tincals. | |
-4 letters: aaliis, actins, alants, aminic, animal, animas, animis, anisic, antics, aslant, atmans, caiman, calami, camail, camisa, canals, casini, casita, catlin, claims, instal, instil, intima, isatin, italic, lactam, lamias, lamina, lanais, lianas, limans, limina, limits, limnic, linacs, manats, maniac, manias, manics, manila, mantas, mantic, mantis, mastic, matins, misact, mislit, nasial, nastic, saimin, salami, salina, sancta, sialic, silica, simian, simlin, smalti, tamals, ticals, tincal. | |
-5 letters: aalii, acini, actin, alans, alant, alias, alist, almas, amain, amias, amici, amins, amnia, amnic, anils, anima, animi, anlas, antas, antic, antis, atlas, atman, atmas, cains, calms, camas, canal, canst, cants, cilia, claim, clams, clans, clast, clits, iliac, intis, laics, lamas, lamia, lanai, liana, licit, liman, limas, limit, limns, linac, lints, litai, litas, mails, mains, maist, malic, malts, manas, manat, mania, manic, manta, matin, micas, milia, milts, minas, minis, mints, mitis, nails, nasal, natal, saint, salic, salmi, satin, scant, slain, slant, smalt, snail, stain, tails, tains, talas, talcs, tamal, tamis, tical. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-m-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: animalistic, antimusical. | |
+2 letters: acclimations, antiblackism, anticlimaxes, disclamation, factionalism, lacrimations. | |
+3 letters: acclimatising, antiblackisms, calumniations, disclamations, factionalisms, misallocating, misallocation, miscataloging, vocationalism. | |
+4 letters: amplifications, antialcoholism, anticapitalism, antimetabolics, antimicrobials, antiradicalism, circumstantial, humanistically, machicolations, matriculations, misallocations, misapplication, miscalculating, miscalculation, musicalization, numismatically, talismanically, vocationalisms. | |
+5 letters: aluminosilicate, ancylostomiasis, antialcoholisms, anticapitalisms, anticlericalism, anticolonialism, antiradicalisms, decimalizations, machinabilities, martensitically, masculinization, mechanistically, misapplications, misarticulating, miscalculations, miscegenational, misvocalization, musicalizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6C 69 73 6D 61 6E 69 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- .-.. .. ... -- .- -. .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01101101 01100001 01101110 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a l i s m a n i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006C 0069 0073 006D 0061 006E 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54677875857967807569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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