Word Information - search results for: periapts

You searched for: “periapts”

periapt (s) (noun), periapts (pl)

1. A charm that is usually worn around the neck as protection against evil, disease, or other harmful situations: Some people wear periapts in order to prevent being seriously damaged by external conditions.
2. Etymology: From French périapte, from Greek periapton, from periaptos, "hung around": peri-, "around" + haptos, "fastened" from haptein, "to fasten, to secure". Something worn on the body to protect it from harm.

Something worn on the body to protect it from harm.

A charm worn as protection against disease, etc.

Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index
so you can see more of Mickey Bach's cartoons.

This entry is located in the following unit: peri- (page 3)

Home Page
Search Box
Main Index
Table of Contents

Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index so you can see more of Mickey Bach's cartoons.

Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index
so you can see more of Mickey Bach's cartoons.