Lycanthropy

[lai'kænθrәpi]

Definition

(noun.) (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf.

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Definition

(n.) The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.

(n.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.

Checker: McDonald

Definition

n. the power possessed by a person of changing himself into a wolf: a kind of madness in which the patient fancies himself to be a wolf.—ns. Lycan′thrope Lycan′thropist a wolf-man or were-wolf one affected with lycanthropy.—adjs. Lycanthrop′ic Lycan′thropous.

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