WEREWOLF

werewolf, wolfman, lycanthrope, loup-garou

(noun) a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

werewolf (plural werewolves)

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.

Synonyms

• wolfman

• lycanthrope

• man-wolf

Hyponyms

• wolfwoman

Source: Wiktionary


Were"wolf`, n.; pl. Werewolves. Etym: [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. wärwolf, währwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. Were a man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World.]

Definition: A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. The werwolf went about his prey. William of Palerne. The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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