lycanthropyn.

Brit.

/lʌɪˈkanθrəpi/, U.S.

/laɪˈkænθrəpi/

Forms: Also in modern Latin form lycanthropia.

Etymology: < Greek λυκανθρωπία, < λυκάνθρωπος : see lycanthrope n.

1. A kind of insanity described by ancient writers, in which the patient imagined himself to be a wolf, and had the instincts and propensities of a wolf. Now occasionally applied as a name of those forms of insanity in which the patient imagines himself a beast, and exhibits depraved appetites, alteration of voice, etc., in accordance with this delusion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delusion > types of delusion

lycanthropy1584

cynanthropy1594

hob-thrush1658

wolf-madness1663

syphilomania1815

hippanthropy1847

zoanthropy1856

boanthropy1864

megalomania1885

plutomania1890

uranomania1890

micromania1892

delusions of grandeur1909

omnipotence1916

nihilism1927

apophenia1959

apophany1960

sundowner1974

sundowning1978

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft v. i. 92 Lycanthropia is a disease, and not a transformation.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 166 That malady, which is..named by the Græcians..Lycanthropie.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. i. iv. 13 Lycanthropia,..or Woolfe madnesse, when men runne howling about graues and fields in the night, and will not be perswaded but that they are Wolues, or some such beasts.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall St. Paul's Combat i, in Wks. (1808) V. 321 It is contrary to the delusions of lycanthropy. There, he, that is a man, thinks himself a beast; here, he, that is a beast, thinks himself a man.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 68 His Madness hath formed itself into a perfect Lycanthropy. He doth so verily believe himself to be a Wolf, that his speech is all turned into howling, yelling, and barking.

a1779 W. Warburton Serm. on Matt. iv. 24, in Wks. (1788) V. 429 The madness called Lycanthropy.

1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy (1819) III. ii. 75 I am not well, surely, Sir,..and thinks betimes that it's the lycanthropia I have got, which Maister Camden saith was common to the ancient Irish.

1891 S. R. Driver Introd. Lit. Old Test. (1892) 469 Nebuchadnezzar's seven years' insanity (lycanthropy) with his edict respecting it.

1891 W. C. Sydney Eng. 18th Cent. I. 27 Young boys and girls were bred..in crime, even to the pitch of moral lycanthropy.

2. The kind of witchcraft which was supposed to consist in the assumption by human beings of the form and nature of wolves.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > malignant monster > [noun] > werewolf > werewolfism

lycanthropy1830

werewolfery1831

werewolfism1865

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft vii. 210 Persons accused of the crime of lycanthropy.

1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism I. i. 82 Lycanthropy or the transformation of witches into wolves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lycanthropy
释义	lycanthropyn. Brit. /lʌɪˈkanθrəpi/, U.S. /laɪˈkænθrəpi/ Forms: Also in modern Latin form lycanthropia. Etymology: < Greek λυκανθρωπία, < λυκάνθρωπος : see lycanthrope n. 1. A kind of insanity described by ancient writers, in which the patient imagined himself to be a wolf, and had the instincts and propensities of a wolf. Now occasionally applied as a name of those forms of insanity in which the patient imagines himself a beast, and exhibits depraved appetites, alteration of voice, etc., in accordance with this delusion. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delusion > types of delusion lycanthropy1584 cynanthropy1594 hob-thrush1658 wolf-madness1663 syphilomania1815 hippanthropy1847 zoanthropy1856 boanthropy1864 megalomania1885 plutomania1890 uranomania1890 micromania1892 delusions of grandeur1909 omnipotence1916 nihilism1927 apophenia1959 apophany1960 sundowner1974 sundowning1978 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft v. i. 92 Lycanthropia is a disease, and not a transformation. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 166 That malady, which is..named by the Græcians..Lycanthropie. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. i. iv. 13 Lycanthropia,..or Woolfe madnesse, when men runne howling about graues and fields in the night, and will not be perswaded but that they are Wolues, or some such beasts. a1656 Bp. J. Hall St. Paul's Combat i, in Wks. (1808) V. 321 It is contrary to the delusions of lycanthropy. There, he, that is a man, thinks himself a beast; here, he, that is a beast, thinks himself a man. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 68 His Madness hath formed itself into a perfect Lycanthropy. He doth so verily believe himself to be a Wolf, that his speech is all turned into howling, yelling, and barking. a1779 W. Warburton Serm. on Matt. iv. 24, in Wks. (1788) V. 429 The madness called Lycanthropy. 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy (1819) III. ii. 75 I am not well, surely, Sir,..and thinks betimes that it's the lycanthropia I have got, which Maister Camden saith was common to the ancient Irish. 1891 S. R. Driver Introd. Lit. Old Test. (1892) 469 Nebuchadnezzar's seven years' insanity (lycanthropy) with his edict respecting it. 1891 W. C. Sydney Eng. 18th Cent. I. 27 Young boys and girls were bred..in crime, even to the pitch of moral lycanthropy. 2. The kind of witchcraft which was supposed to consist in the assumption by human beings of the form and nature of wolves. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > malignant monster > [noun] > werewolf > werewolfism lycanthropy1830 werewolfery1831 werewolfism1865 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft vii. 210 Persons accused of the crime of lycanthropy. 1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism I. i. 82 Lycanthropy or the transformation of witches into wolves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1584
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