Today's Word "Talisman"

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Vocabulary For You Tuesday November 10, 2009 Today's Word "Talisman" New Healthy Life Daily Videos Test your word knowledge with free interactive games: Crossword....Vocabulary Hangman....and other Word Games! Today's Word "Talisman" talisman \TAE-liz-mehn\ (noun) - An object with magic apotropaic powers, a charm to ward off evil and attract good fortune. "Daniel always kept a talisman of fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror of his car to attract good luck on his way to the casino." Today's word is a world-class world traveler. It began as an Indo-European word, late Greek telesma "consecration ceremony," later, a statue that protected a temple, derived from the verb telein "to consecrate, fulfill." From Greek it went to a Semitic language, Arabic, as tilsam "talisman" and tilsimani "one dealing in talismans." From Arabic it was borrowed back into the Romance languages as French "talisman," Spanish "talisman," and Italian "talismano." It came to English from one of these. Comment on this Story | Printer Friendly | | Send Story to a Friend | Top New Healthy Life Daily Videos Could acupuncture treatment help breast cancer? Check out this video and learn about the latest research. More videos like this, including more of the latest health studies and reports from doctors, are available free with a subscription to ArcaMax's Healthy Life Daily Video ezine. Sign up for this brand-new newsletter and get a new video report by e-mail every day! Susbcribe to the Healthly Life Daily Video ezine instantly. Find out more before subscribing. -- From the ArcaMax editors Recent Stories    Today's Word "Matutolypea"    Today's Word "Geronimo"    Phrase Origins Served Piping Hot    Today's Word "Bonanza"    Today's Word "Nebbish"   More From ArcaMax Publishing Newsletters: Comics - Knowledge - Lifestyles - News - More Classic Books: Fiction - Non Fiction - Short Stories - Sci Fi - More More: Quizzes - Sudoku - Crossword - Weather - Sports - Columns En Español: Ultimas Noticias - Tiras Comicas - Deportes - Sudoku Ad Free Newsletter ArcaMax publications are now available in an "advertising-free" format. Please click here for details.	Quick Clicks Free Sample Of Lysol Disinfectant Spray Flush up to 25 pounds of waste and toxins from your body! Get A Years Supply of FREE Diapers - Pick your favorite here
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