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werewolf
were·wolf also wer·wolf W0093900 (wâr′wo͝olf′, wîr′-, wûr′-)n. A person believed to have been transformed into a wolf or to be capable of assuming the form of a wolf.
[Middle English, from Old English werewulf : wer, man; see wī-ro- in Indo-European roots + wulf, wolf; see wolf.]Word History: The meaning wolf in werewolf is current English; the were is not. Werewulf, "werewolf," occurs only once in Old English, about the year 1000, in the laws of King Canute: "lest the madly ravenous werewolf too savagely tear or devour too much from a godly flock." The wer- or were- in wer(e)wulf means "man"; it is related to Latin vir with the same meaning, the source of virile and virility. Both the Germanic and the Latin words derive from Indo-European *wīro-, "man." Wer- also appears, though much disguised, in the word world. World is first recorded (written wiaralde) in Old English in a charter dated 832; the form worold occurs in Beowulf. The Old English forms come from Germanic *wer-ald-, "were-eld" or "man-age." The transfer of meaning from the age of humans to the place where they live has a parallel in the Latin word saeculum, "age, generation, lifetime," later "world."werewolf (ˈwɪəˌwʊlf; ˈwɛə-) n, pl -wolves (European Myth & Legend) a person fabled in folklore and superstition to have been changed into a wolf by being bewitched or said to be able to assume wolf form at will[Old English werewulf, from wer man + wulf wolf; related to Old High German werwolf, Middle Dutch weerwolf]were•wolf or wer•wolf (ˈwɛərˌwʊlf, ˈwɪər-, ˈwɜr-)
n., pl. -wolves (-ˌwʊlvz) (in folklore) a person who has assumed the form of a wolf. [before 1000; Middle English werwolf, Old English werwulf=wer man (c. Gothic wair, Latin vir) + wulf wolf; c. Middle Dutch weerwolf, Old High German werwolf] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  werewolf - a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back againloup-garou, lycanthrope, wolfmanmythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth |
Translationswerewolf
werewolf: see lycanthropylycanthropy
, in folklore, assumption by a human of the appearance and characteristics of an animal. Ancient belief in lycanthropy was widespread, and it still exists in parts of the world.
..... Click the link for more information. .Werewolf in folk belief, a man who allegedly has the ability to transform himself into a beast or, more rarely, into a bush, stone, or similar object. In the popular beliefs of European peoples, a werewolf is a sorcerer who has taken the form of a wolf or an ordinary man who has been turned into a wolf by a magic spell. Analogous popular beliefs are known to exist among the peoples of India, where instead of a wolf the beast is a tiger; in Africa, it is a leopard or hyena; and in South America, it is a jaguar.” werewolfa man transformed into a wolf. [Eur. Folklore: Benét, 1082]See: Monsterswerewolf a person fabled in folklore and superstition to have been changed into a wolf by being bewitched or said to be able to assume wolf form at will Werewolf (dreams)A werewolf is a creature that does not exist in the physical world. He is symbolic of a man who turns into a monster, a normal person who transforms into a bloodthirsty animal. The werewolf may represent something in your life or in your own personality. When interpreting this dream, consider internal and external factors that generally seem normal but have a tendency to transform into undesirable, hurtful, or dangerous concerns in your life.MedicalSeelycanthropySee WW
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Synonyms for werewolfnoun a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back againSynonyms- loup-garou
- lycanthrope
- wolfman
Related Words- mythical creature
- mythical monster
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