geas
Pronunciation: /ɡɛʃ/
The English word “geas” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A (generally magical) vow, obligation or injunction placed upon someone to do or not do something, which typically brings harm if violated and blessings if obeyed.
- A mystical compulsion.
Etymology
Borrowed, like English geis, from Irish geis (“injunction; taboo, prohibition, spell”). The pronunciation resembles Irish geis, though the spelling matches its synonymous but heterophonous alternative form geas.
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