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windigo
[ win-di-goh ]
noun
- (in the folklore of the Ojibwe and other Algonquian peoples) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
- Psychiatry. a culture-specific syndrome occurring primarily among the Ojibwe and other Algonquian peoples and characterized by fever-induced delusions that one is being possessed by a cannibalistic giant.
windigo
/ ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of windigo1
First recorded in 1705–15; from Ojibwe wi·ntiko·; cognate with Cree wi·htiko·w
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