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ap⋅o⋅tro⋅pa⋅ic

  [ap-uh-truh-pey-ik]
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–adjective
intended to ward off evil.
Origin:
1880–85; < Gk apotrópai(os) averting evil (see apo-, trope ) + -ic

Related forms:
ap⋅o⋅tro⋅pa⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ap·o·tro·pa·ic   (āp'ə-trō-pā'ĭk)   
adj.  Intended to ward off evil: an apotropaic symbol.

[From Greek apotropaios, from apotrepein, to ward off : apo-, apo- + trepein, to turn; see trep- in Indo-European roots.]
ap'o·tro·pa'i·cal·ly adv.
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