a. [f. TALISMAN2 + -IC. Cf. F. talismanique (1625 in Hatz.-Darm.).] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a talisman; occult, magical, potent.
1678. Butler, Hud., III. I. 432. Swore you had broke and robb’d his House, And stole his Talismanique Louse.
1761. Sterne, Tr. Shandy, III. xli. The word siege, like a talismanic power in my father’s metaphor, wafting back my uncle Toby’s fancy, quick as a note could follow the touch—he open’d his ears.
1805. J. Hoppner, Oriental Tales, 19.
| The talismanic bowl displays, | |
| And pours its wealth a thousand ways. |
1816. T. L. Peacock, Headlong Hall, ix. Spellbound by the talismanic influence of the coin.
1877. W. Jones, Finger-ring, 95. A remarkable gold talismanic ring … of Hindu workmanship.
