lycanthrope

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Definitions (6)

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  1. noun A werewolf.
  2. noun A person affected with lycanthropy.

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  • He was a lycanthrope, which meant that nerves could bring on the change. —  BloodNoir
  • But her strain of vampirism was old enough that you could be both a vampire and a lycanthrope, which was not true of modern vampirism. —  BloodNoir
  • But I was afraid to take my finger off the trigger, because he was a lycanthrope, and they were just that bloody fast. —  BloodNoir
  • A giant wolf rose above Dredge's shoulder, but this was no Were, no lycanthrope or native spirit. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 03] - Darkling
  • I never met a vampire or a lycanthrope either, until I met your sisters, so give me a break if I don't react with much enthusiasm. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 1] - Witchling
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Greek lukanthrōpos : lukos, wolf; see wl̥kwo- in Indo-European roots + anthrōpos, man.

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  1. from Middle Latin lycanthropus, lycanthropos, from Greek λυκάνθρωπος, a ‘wolf-man,’ or man-wolf, were-woif, from λύκος, a wolf, + ἄνθρωπος, a man. Cf. were-wolf.
 

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/laɪˈkænθroʊp/
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