apotropaic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
apotropaic
    adj 1: having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
apotropaic \ap`o*tro*pa"ic\ ([a^]p`[-o]*tr[=o]*p[=a]"[i^]k), n.
   [Gr. 'apotro`paios averting evil.]
   Intended to protect from evil.
   [PJC]
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