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ˈwolvish, a.
Also 5–6 wolw-, 6 woulu-, wollw-, Sc. volw-, 6–7 wo(o)lu-, 7–9 woolv-.
[f. wolv-, inflexional stem of wolf n. + -ish1.]
1. = wolfish 2, 3.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 174 Among wolvys be wolvysshe of corage. 15..Six Ballads with Burdens (Percy Soc.) 5 This wollwysshe shepe. 1540–7Coverdale Fruitful Less. i. (1593) M 1, Iudas..hauing woluish conditions vnder sheepes cloathing. a1586Sidney Arcadia v. (1922) 191 This woolvish sheepheard. 1604Supplic. Mass-priests, Ans. K 2, The wooluish cruelty of popish Inquisitors. 1605Shakes. Lear i. iv. 330 With her nailes Shee'l flea thy Woluish visage. 1632Massinger & Field Fatal Dowry ii. i. D 3 b, Out you wooluish mungrells! 1692R. L'Estrange Fables i. clvi. 141 These Wolvish Back-Friends. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. I. x. 181 If superstition and despotism have been suffered to let in their woolvish sheep. 1911D. H. Lawrence White Peacock i. vi. 97 There was a report of two grey wolvish dogs. a1945E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) i. 16 ‘Nay, read it if you please: I had it but five minutes since.’ And with a wolvish look he tossed the letter upon the table. 1978J. Updike Coup (1979) vii. 267 She tugged at his hand with that fretful, proprietorial impatience of her wolvish race.
2. = wolfish 1. Also Comb., as wolvish-looking adj.
1565Satir. Poems Reform. i. 133, I sawe the ffrendlie man wounde in a volwyshe weede. 1577T. Kendall Flowers Epigr. 87 The founder of the same [sc. Rome] with Wouluishe milke was fedde. 1793Blake Songs Exper., Little Girl Found 51 Nor fear the wolvish howl Nor the lions' growl. 1954J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring iv. 101 Two wolvish-looking dogs sniffed at him suspiciously, and snarled.
Hence † ˈwolvishly adv.; ˈwolvishness; † ˈwolvy a. Obs. rare—0.
1538Bale Three Lawes 1211 Thy woluysshnesse by thre crownes wyll I hyde making the a pope. 1611Cotgr., Louvier, Woluie, Wolfe-like. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iv. 663 Some, wolvishly, did prey upon the quick. a1945E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) xxxvii. 191 God shield us from women on our councils of war... Besides, I mistrust Parry wolvishness. And bitch-wolf was ever more fell than dog-wolf. |