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lycanthrope
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lycanthrope has 1 sense
- lycanthrope(n = noun.person) loup-garou, werewolf, wolfman - a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again; Array is a kind of mythical creature, mythical monster
CIDE DICTIONARY
lycanthrope, n. [Gr. ; a wolf + a man.].
- A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf. [1913 Webster]
- One affected with lycanthropy. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lycanthrope, n.
1 a werewolf.
2 an insane person who believes that he or she is an animal, esp. a wolf.
1 a werewolf.
2 an insane person who believes that he or she is an animal, esp. a wolf.
Etymology
mod.L lycanthropus f. Gk (as LYCANTHROPY)
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