werewolf
pronunciation
How to pronounce werewolf in British English:
UK [ˈweəwʊlf]
How to pronounce werewolf in American English:
US [ˈwerw-]
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- Noun:
- a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf
Word Origin
- werewolf
- werewolf: [OE] Etymologically, a werewolf is probably a ‘man-wolf’. Its first element, were-, is generally assumed to be the same word as the long obsolete Old English noun wer ‘man’ (a relative of Latin vir ‘man’, from which English gets virile).=> virile, world
- werewolf (n.)
- late Old English werewulf "person with the power to turn into a wolf," from wer "man, male person" (see virile) + wulf (see wolf (n.); also see here for a short discussion of the mythology). Belief in them was widespread in the Middle Ages. Similar formation in Middle Dutch weerwolf, Old High German werwolf, Swedish varulf. In the ancient Persian calendar, the eighth month (October-November) was Varkazana-, literally "(Month of the) Wolf-Men."
Example
- 1. One of them , clawdeen wolf , is a werewolf who waxes her legs .
- 2. After spending three books pining for bella , the werewolf jacob accepts that bella has chosen edward at their wedding .
- 3. Since tyler is a direct creation of klaus , we could have assumed this was down to him being part werewolf .
- 4. He also " imprints " on renesmee , bella and edward 's young daughter-that 's werewolf for falling in love . But it 's not weird .
- 5. It is not necessary to spend a fortune on special effects-a horde of extras spattered with fake blood can do the trick , and tends to look a lot more realistic than a computer-generated werewolf .