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Webster 1913 Edition
Lycanthropy
Ly-can′thro-py
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
lycanthropie
.] 1.
The supposed act of turning one’s self or another person into a wolf.
Lowell.
2.
(Med.)
A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lycanthropy
LYCAN'THROPY
,Noun.
A kind of erratic melancholy.
Definition 2024
lycanthropy
lycanthropy
English
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Noun
lycanthropy (uncountable)
- (mythology) The act of shapeshifting between the form of a human being and an animal (usually a wolf), often done during a full moon, according to legend.
- 2014, Marijn Haverbeke, “4: Data Structures: Objects and Arrays”, in Eloquent JavaScript, 2nd Ed.: A Modern Introduction to Programming, No Starch Press, ISBN 9781593275846, page 60:
- On one hand, Jacques is quite glad that he doesn’t have classic lycanthropy. Turning into a squirrel tends to cause fewer problems than turning into a wolf.
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- A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal
Translations
act of shapeshifting
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