periapts

plural of periapt
as in amulets
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil even rational, enlightened people have their periapts, which somehow make them feel a little more secure in an uncertain world

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Noun
  • Brides in South Asia are famously decked out in the precious metal – necklaces, earrings, nose rings, hair pieces and amulets – that can be gifted or inherited.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The pieces extending the collection kept spotlighting the boldness of gold and playing with talismans centered on key themes of the brand, such as the evil eye symbol abounding on necklaces and minimal earrings and rings nodding to the shape of the snake.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • To explain these distortions, experts speculate that the figures served as fertility talismans—designed to maximize those parts of the body that evolution has encoded us to see as signs of optimal child-bearers.
    Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Periapts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periapts. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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