Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - lycanthropy
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Lycanthropy
lycanthropy
noun Etymology: New Latin lycanthropia, from Greek lykanthropia, from lykanthropos werewolf, from lykos wolf + anthropos human being — more at wolf Date: 1594 1. a delusion that one has become a wolf 2. the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic • lycanthropic adjective
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n. 1 the mythical transformation of a person into a wolf (see also WEREWOLF). 2 a form of madness involving the delusion of being a wolf, with changed appetites, voice, etc. Etymology: mod.L lycanthropia f. Gk lukanthropia f. lukos wolf + anthropos man ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1594, from Gk. lykanthropia, from lykos "wolf" + anthropos "man." Originally a form of madness in which the afflicted thought he was a wolf; applied to actual transformations since 1830 (see werewolf). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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