periapt
UK/ˈpɛɹɪapt/
periapt noun: a charm worn on a necklace; an amulet.
Noun
periapt (plural periapts)
- A charm worn on a necklace; an amulet.
- Of all people who ever lived, the Persians were perhaps most remarkable for their unshaken credulity in amulets, spells, periapts, and similar charms, framed, it was said, under the influence of particular planets, and bestowing high medical powers, as well as the means of advancing men's fortunes...1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A.L. Burt Company (1832), 9-10
- The occipital bone of an asses head in a skin is also a good periapt.1864, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, volume 1, preface, page xx
Examples of periapt in a sentence
- Chrysostom...became a charm for intractable hemorrhage (written on the part affected or worn as a periapt)1921, Fielding H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, W.B. Saunders Co., page 41:
- Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
- It is his living tomb, and the periapt you wear around your neck is his epitaph.2003, Hannah Howell, His Immortal Embrace, Kensington Books,, →ISBN, page 232:
Forms of periapt
| plural | periapts |
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Origin of periapt
From Middle French periapte, from Ancient Greek περίαπτον (períapton, “amulet”), noun use of περίαπτος (períaptos, “hung round”), from περι- (peri-, “peri-”) + ἅπτος (háptos, “fastened”).
Words that rhyme with periapt
Questions about periapt
- What does periapt mean?
- Periapt means a charm worn on a necklace; an amulet.
- How do you use periapt in a sentence?
- Chrysostom...became a charm for intractable hemorrhage (written on the part affected or worn as a periapt)
- What part of speech is periapt?
- Periapt is a noun.
- How do you pronounce periapt?
- Periapt is pronounced /ˈpɛɹɪapt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of periapt?
- The plural of periapt is periapts.
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