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lycanthrope - 4 dictionary results

ly⋅can⋅thrope

[lahy-kuhn-throhp, lahy-kan-throhp]
–noun
1. a person affected with lycanthropy.
2. a werewolf or alien spirit in the physical form of a bloodthirsty wolf.

Origin:
1615–25; < Gk lykánthrōpos wolf-man, equiv. to lýk(os) wolf + ánthrōpos man
ly·can·thrope   (lī'kən-thrōp', lī-kān'-)   
n.  
  1. A werewolf.
  2. A person affected with lycanthropy.

[Greek lukanthrōpos : lukos, wolf; see wkwo- in Indo-European roots + anthrōpos, man.]

Lycanthrope

Ly"can*thrope\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a wolf + ? a man.]

1. A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.

2. One affected with lycanthropy.

Main Entry: ly·can·thrope
Pronunciation: 'lI-k&n-"thrOp, lI-'kan-
Function: noun
: an individual affected with lycanthropy
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