talismanic
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talismanic (comparative more talismanic, superlative most talismanic)
- Of, relating to, or like, a talisman.
- 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.
- 2021 July 14, Stephen L. Carter, “What Thurgood Marshall Taught Me”, in The New York Times:
- For Marshall, law possessed a talismanic quality, representing all that was best in American democracy.
- 2023 August 7, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian[2]:
- Midfielder Hayley Raso put the game beyond doubt in the second half, before the team’s talismanic striker Sam Kerr – the face of this home World Cup – made her return to the pitch following the calf injury she suffered on the eve of the tournament.
- Possessing or believed to possess protective magical power.
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Translations[edit]
of, relating to, or like, a talisman
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French talismanique.
Adjective[edit]
talismanic m or n (feminine singular talismanică, masculine plural talismanici, feminine and neuter plural talismanice)
Declension[edit]
Declension of talismanic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | talismanic | talismanică | talismanici | talismanice | ||
definite | talismanicul | talismanica | talismanicii | talismanicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | talismanic | talismanice | talismanici | talismanice | ||
definite | talismanicului | talismanicei | talismanicilor | talismanicelor |