— lycanthropic /luy'keuhn throp"ik/ , adj.
/luy kan"threuh pee/ , n.
1. a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
2. the supposed or fabled assumption of the appearance of a wolf by a human being.
[ 1575-85; lykanthropía. See LYCANTHROPE, -Y 3 ]