Thursday, 22 March 2012

Apotropaic

   
Apotropaic is an adjective meaning 'supposedly having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck.'

Crossing fingers is therefore an apotropaic hand gesture.
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1 comment:

  1. Librarian23 March 2012 at 06:18

    That's one interesting word! I would have never been able to guess what it means without your explanation.

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