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APOTROPAIC
apotropaic
(adjective) having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
apotropaic (comparative more apotropaic, superlative most apotropaic)
(religion, mysticism) Intended to ward off evil. [from 1883]
Noun
apotropaic (plural apotropaics)
An agent intended to ward off evil.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNMARRIED
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
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