LYCANTHROPY


Meaning of LYCANTHROPY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lī-ˈkan(t)-thrə-pē ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin lycanthropia, from Greek lykanthrōpia, from lykanthrōpos werewolf, from lykos wolf + anthrōpos human being — more at wolf

Date: 1594

1. : a delusion that one has become a wolf

2. : the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic

• ly·can·throp·ic ˌlī-kən-ˈthrä-pik adjective

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