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werewolves
(encz) | werewolves,vlkodlaci n: pl. Petr Prášek |
Werewolves
(gcide) | Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. Werewolves. [AS. werwulf; wer a
man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w[aum]rwolf, w[aum]hrwolf,
wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. [root]285. See Were a
man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The werwolf went about his prey. --William of
Palerne.
[1913 Webster]
The brutes that wear our form and face,
The werewolves of the human race. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster] Werk |
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Werewolves
(gcide) | Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. Werewolves. [AS. werwulf; wer a
man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w[aum]rwolf, w[aum]hrwolf,
wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. [root]285. See Were a
man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The werwolf went about his prey. --William of
Palerne.
[1913 Webster]
The brutes that wear our form and face,
The werewolves of the human race. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster] Werk |
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