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lycanthropy (encz) | lycanthropy, n: |
Lycanthropy (gcide) | Lycanthropy \Ly*can"thro*py\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. lycanthropie.]
1. The supposed act of turning one's self or another person
into a wolf. --Lowell.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient
imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that
animal.
[1913 Webster] lycee |
lycanthropy (wn) | lycanthropy
n 1: (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the
characteristics of a wolf |
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Lycanthropy (gcide) | Lycanthropy \Ly*can"thro*py\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. lycanthropie.]
1. The supposed act of turning one's self or another person
into a wolf. --Lowell.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient
imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that
animal.
[1913 Webster] lycee |
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