单词 | telesm |
释义 | telesmn.α. 1500s–1800s telesme, 1600s telisme, 1600s– telesm, 1700s–1800s telism. β. 1700s– telesma. Now rare. An object thought to have magic powers or bring good luck; = talisman n.2 1; esp. (in Byzantine Greece, western Asia, and north Africa) a statue, buried object, or other artefact believed to protect a house, city, etc., from danger. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence > a statue or object telesm1597 talisman1638 fender1739 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet lib1577 periapt1584 charm1590 telesm1597 amulet1601 gamahe1638 talisman1638 adder-bead1694 porte-bonheur1874 1597 tr. ‘Hortulanus’ Briefe Comm. in tr. R. Bacon Mirror of Alchimy vi. 22 The father of all the Telesme [L. telesmi] of the whole worlde is here: that is, in the worke of the stone is a finall way. 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. vii. 33 The Claudi and the Cæci..were no other then those..Statuary Telesmes so much celebrated of old..which unlesse they kept the City, the watchman laboured but in vaine. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness viii. xv. 432 Gaffarel tells us a very reverend story of a Telesme against Fire found under a bridge at Paris. 1720 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ VII. xvi. v. 272 (note) The Telesmata of Apollonius. 1792 B. Gerrans tr. Z̤iyāʼ al-Dīn Nakhshabī Tales of Parrot 46 By virtue of the telism which we possess, we could make a thousand such bowls in a twinkling. 1839 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 9 111 The Kurds..believe that there is a telism, as they call it, on the other side [of a slab of stone]. 1872 J. Kitto Bible Illustr. II. 88 A Saracen's servant..had been stung by a scorpion, but was instantly cured by his master with a telesme. 1949 M. Hadas tr. J. Burckhardt Age of Constantine the Great x. 348 This [sc. the Palladium under the pillar in the Forum of Constantinople] would be a true telesma, such as was frequently carried out in antiquity for averting plagues and conjuring fortune. 1998 Z. Kamalkhani Women's Islam ii. 31 He used it [sc. a metal bracelet] as a telesm..to counteract spells cast by evil eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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