periaptn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛrɪapt/, U.S.

/ˈpɛriˌæpt/

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– periapt, 1600s–1700s periapta (plural).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French periapte.

Etymology: < Middle French periapte (16th cent.; French †periapte ) < ancient Greek περίαπτον amulet, use as noun (perhaps short for ἄκος περίαπτον healing charm) of περίαπτος hung round < περι- peri- prefix + ἅπτος fastened < ἅπτειν to fasten (see haptic adj.).In plural form periapta after the Greek plural form.

Something worn as a charm against illness, misfortune, etc.; an amulet.

ΘΚΠ

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

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. vii. 223 All their charmes, periapts, characters, amulets.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. iii. 2 Now helpe ye charming Spelles and Periapts .

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 216 Some use it as a periapt against enchauntments.

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 74 Many periapta become effectual by being such polite bodies.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Periapta, a kind of Medicines..which being tied about the Neck, are supposed to prevent, or cure Diseases.

1775 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. at Amuleta Amulets were tied about people, so called periapta, and periammata.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. p. viii Superstition,..goes wandering..with its pack of amulets, bead-rolls, periapts, fetisches, &c.

1861 Lady Llanover in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. II. 274 (note) Dr. Graham..mentions..a spider having been sewn up in a rag and worn as a periapt about the neck to charm away the ague.

1906 ‘A. Hope’ Sophy of Kravonia 63 He wears..a gimcrack thing round his neck that he calls his ‘periapt’—charm, I suppose he means.

1995 W. A. Senior S. R. Donaldson's Chrons. T. Covenant ii. 49 The white gold is not simply some arcane talisman or periapt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	periapt
释义	periaptn. Brit. /ˈpɛrɪapt/, U.S. /ˈpɛriˌæpt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– periapt, 1600s–1700s periapta (plural). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French periapte. Etymology: < Middle French periapte (16th cent.; French †periapte ) < ancient Greek περίαπτον amulet, use as noun (perhaps short for ἄκος περίαπτον healing charm) of περίαπτος hung round < περι- peri- prefix + ἅπτος fastened < ἅπτειν to fasten (see haptic adj.).In plural form periapta after the Greek plural form. Something worn as a charm against illness, misfortune, etc.; an amulet. ΘΚΠ 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 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. vii. 223 All their charmes, periapts, characters, amulets. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. iii. 2 Now helpe ye charming Spelles and Periapts . View more context for this quotation 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 216 Some use it as a periapt against enchauntments. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 74 Many periapta become effectual by being such polite bodies. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Periapta, a kind of Medicines..which being tied about the Neck, are supposed to prevent, or cure Diseases. 1775 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. at Amuleta Amulets were tied about people, so called periapta, and periammata. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. p. viii Superstition,..goes wandering..with its pack of amulets, bead-rolls, periapts, fetisches, &c. 1861 Lady Llanover in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. II. 274 (note) Dr. Graham..mentions..a spider having been sewn up in a rag and worn as a periapt about the neck to charm away the ague. 1906 ‘A. Hope’ Sophy of Kravonia 63 He wears..a gimcrack thing round his neck that he calls his ‘periapt’—charm, I suppose he means. 1995 W. A. Senior S. R. Donaldson's Chrons. T. Covenant ii. 49 The white gold is not simply some arcane talisman or periapt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1584
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