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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.