lycanthropy
pronunciation
How to pronounce lycanthropy in British English:
UK [laɪ'kænθrəpɪ]
How to pronounce lycanthropy in American English:
US [laɪ'kænθrəpɪ]
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- Noun:
- (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf
Word Origin
- lycanthropy
- lycanthropy: see wolf
- lycanthropy (n.)
- 1580s, a form of madness (described by ancient writers) in which the afflicted thought he was a wolf, from Greek lykanthropia, from lykanthropos "wolf-man," from lykos "wolf" (see wolf (n.)) + anthropos "man" (see anthropo-). Originally a form of madness (described by ancient writers) in which the afflicted thought he was a wolf; applied to actual transformations of persons (especially witches) into wolves since 1830 (see werewolf).
Example
- 1. A full moon curdles the blood of the lycanthropy .
- 2. Darling it is no joke , thellos is lycanthropy .
- 3. Although this practice has fallen out of favor in modern times , it was in no small way responsible for the rumors of the supernatural disease lycanthropy .
- 4. According to the real lycanthropy legends , lupin would have transformed simply because it was the full moon , whether or not he actually stepped into moonlight .
- 5. Darling it is no joke , this is lycanthropy .