talismanic

1. 1.

   possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power

   “a talismanic amulet”

   Similarsupernatural

Questions about talismanic

What does talismanic mean?

talismanic means "possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power".

How many syllables are in talismanic?

talismanic has 4 syllables and divides as ta-li-sma-nic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is talismanic a common word?

talismanic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.