LYCANTHROPY


Meaning of LYCANTHROPY in English

-pē noun

( -es )

Etymology: New Latin lycanthropia, from Greek lykanthrōpia, from lykanthrōpos werewolf + -ia -y

1. : a delusion that one has become or has assumed the characteristics of a wolf or other predatory animal

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

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