Definition of lycanthropy in English:

lycanthropy

noun lʌɪˈkanθrəpilaɪˈkænθrəpi

mass noun

1The mythical transformation of a person into a wolf.
Example sentencesExamples
- You see, Mr. Jennings, the strength and power contained in that cell may hold the key to immortality, if I read my legends of lycanthropy correctly.
- Ruby interrupted, ‘Lycanthropy this, lycanthropy that… don't you ever have a real excuse?’
- That his lycanthropy is never resolved (it is neither cured nor its origin explained) seems not to bother the baron, the king, his men, or Marie herself.
- For some reason, with the curse of lycanthropy comes the curse of country music.
- The equating of lycanthropy and homosexuality's pretty direct here and it's hard to figure out why.
- When Ginger turns from horny to hyper violent, Brigitte's last hope is Sam, a handsome dope dealer with expertise in biology and lycanthropy.
- I was just trying to remember as much as I could about lycanthropy.
- On the one hand, lycanthropy referred to the reality of the werewolf, that is, the phenomenon of metamorphosis from human form to wolf.
- Do they have a test for lycanthropy these days…?
- What follows is a wincingly uninspired plot about siblings dealing with lycanthropy and trying to discover who infected them.
- This is because I have contracted lycanthropy.
- A teenage werewolf tale that cleverly equates lycanthropy with menstruation, Snaps is a horror movie that apparently has something to say.
- Well, a werewolf bit them and yeah, lycanthropy is passed on through bites.
- For his trouble, he's cursed with a peculiar form of lycanthropy that appears to transform its sufferers into German shepherds.
- Vampirism, lycanthropy and even cannibalism can also be transmitted by bite, not to mention Contagious Lupine Homosexuality.
- The full moon had long represented supernatural occurrences, lycanthropy and such.
- As a victim of lycanthropy, The Wolf had always been hungry for friends.
- Yeah, this pretty much flies in the face of the original, wherein the slightest tap from a syringe full of the stuff seemed to instantly remedy lycanthropy, but… whatever.
- Stef wouldn't usually talk about his lycanthropy, or sex - the first out of fear that people were listening, and the latter because he worried about making people uncomfortable.
1. 1.1archaic A form of madness involving the delusion of being an animal, usually a wolf, with correspondingly altered behaviour.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Similar attempts to explain lycanthropy as a delusion rooted in illness have been repeated throughout the twentieth century.
  There are a few cases of lycanthropy, such as drug addicts being locked up after claiming to be seeing satanic visions, growing hair and even chasing rabbits in their spare time.
  Whether DMX is a lycanthropy sufferer or simply identifies with the plight of the four-legged, it remains to be seen.
  Modern academics see lycanthropy as a fantasy which reveals fundamental aspects of modern personality.
  In modern psychology, lycanthropy is an infrequent disorder in which a person believes they're a wolf or some other animal, often linked to schizophrenia.
  Synonyms
  insanity, insaneness, dementia, mental illness, derangement, dementedness, instability, unsoundness of mind, lunacy, distraction, depression, mania, hysteria, frenzy, psychosis, psychopathy, schizophrenia, hydrophobia

Derivatives

lycanthropic

adjective

What if they're lycanthropic bats that turn us into were-vampires at the next full moon?!
Example sentencesExamples
- It went lycanthropic and started growling at me.
- These men and women were all subject to genetic altercations that created them into lycanthropic monsters.
- She was a very suggestive looking… er… droid, especially to a lonely guy with lycanthropic tendencies.

Origin

Late 16th century (as a supposed form of madness): from modern Latin lycanthropia, from Greek lukanthrōpia, from lukos 'wolf' + anthrōpos 'man'.

wolf from Old English:
The Indo-European root of wolf also gave rise to Greek lukos and Latin lupus, the source of lupine (mid 17th century), ‘like a wolf’. The Greek word gave us lycanthropy (mid 16th century), the mythical transformation of a person into a wolf or werewolf (Old English): the were- part of werewolf is probably from wer, the Old English word for ‘man’ or ‘person’, just as the second half of the Greek comes from anthropos ‘man’ (see world).
The story of the shepherd boy who thought it would be funny to cause a panic by falsely crying ‘wolf!’ is one of the fables of Aesop, the Greek storyteller of the 6th century bc. To keep the wolf from the door is to have enough money to avoid starvation: the phrase has been used since the 15th century. To throw someone to the wolves, or leave them to be roughly treated, is surprisingly recent though, being recorded only from the 1920s. The image here is of travellers on a sledge who are set upon by a pack of wolves, and decide to throw out one of their number to lighten the load and allow themselves to make their escape. A wolf in sheep's clothing is a person or thing that appears friendly or harmless but is really hostile. This comes from the Sermon on the Mount, as recounted in the Gospel of Matthew, when Jesus says: ‘Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's cloth, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.’

Rhymes

misanthropy, philanthropy

Definition of lycanthropy in US English:

lycanthropy

nounlīˈkanTHrəpēlaɪˈkænθrəpi

1The supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf, as recounted in folk tales.
Example sentencesExamples
- That his lycanthropy is never resolved (it is neither cured nor its origin explained) seems not to bother the baron, the king, his men, or Marie herself.
- As a victim of lycanthropy, The Wolf had always been hungry for friends.
- Well, a werewolf bit them and yeah, lycanthropy is passed on through bites.
- Yeah, this pretty much flies in the face of the original, wherein the slightest tap from a syringe full of the stuff seemed to instantly remedy lycanthropy, but… whatever.
- For some reason, with the curse of lycanthropy comes the curse of country music.
- On the one hand, lycanthropy referred to the reality of the werewolf, that is, the phenomenon of metamorphosis from human form to wolf.
- Ruby interrupted, ‘Lycanthropy this, lycanthropy that… don't you ever have a real excuse?’
- The full moon had long represented supernatural occurrences, lycanthropy and such.
- The equating of lycanthropy and homosexuality's pretty direct here and it's hard to figure out why.
- When Ginger turns from horny to hyper violent, Brigitte's last hope is Sam, a handsome dope dealer with expertise in biology and lycanthropy.
- Stef wouldn't usually talk about his lycanthropy, or sex - the first out of fear that people were listening, and the latter because he worried about making people uncomfortable.
- What follows is a wincingly uninspired plot about siblings dealing with lycanthropy and trying to discover who infected them.
- Do they have a test for lycanthropy these days…?
- This is because I have contracted lycanthropy.
- Vampirism, lycanthropy and even cannibalism can also be transmitted by bite, not to mention Contagious Lupine Homosexuality.
- I was just trying to remember as much as I could about lycanthropy.
- A teenage werewolf tale that cleverly equates lycanthropy with menstruation, Snaps is a horror movie that apparently has something to say.
- You see, Mr. Jennings, the strength and power contained in that cell may hold the key to immortality, if I read my legends of lycanthropy correctly.
- For his trouble, he's cursed with a peculiar form of lycanthropy that appears to transform its sufferers into German shepherds.
1. 1.1archaic A form of madness involving the delusion of being an animal, usually a wolf, with correspondingly altered behavior.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Similar attempts to explain lycanthropy as a delusion rooted in illness have been repeated throughout the twentieth century.
  In modern psychology, lycanthropy is an infrequent disorder in which a person believes they're a wolf or some other animal, often linked to schizophrenia.
  Whether DMX is a lycanthropy sufferer or simply identifies with the plight of the four-legged, it remains to be seen.
  Modern academics see lycanthropy as a fantasy which reveals fundamental aspects of modern personality.
  There are a few cases of lycanthropy, such as drug addicts being locked up after claiming to be seeing satanic visions, growing hair and even chasing rabbits in their spare time.
  Synonyms
  insanity, insaneness, dementia, mental illness, derangement, dementedness, instability, unsoundness of mind, lunacy, distraction, depression, mania, hysteria, frenzy, psychosis, psychopathy, schizophrenia, hydrophobia

Origin

Late 16th century (as a supposed form of madness): from modern Latin lycanthropia, from Greek lukanthrōpia, from lukos ‘wolf’ + anthrōpos ‘man’.

单词	lycanthropy
释义	Definition of lycanthropy in English: lycanthropy noun lʌɪˈkanθrəpilaɪˈkænθrəpi mass noun 1The mythical transformation of a person into a wolf. Example sentencesExamples You see, Mr. Jennings, the strength and power contained in that cell may hold the key to immortality, if I read my legends of lycanthropy correctly. Ruby interrupted, ‘Lycanthropy this, lycanthropy that… don't you ever have a real excuse?’ That his lycanthropy is never resolved (it is neither cured nor its origin explained) seems not to bother the baron, the king, his men, or Marie herself. For some reason, with the curse of lycanthropy comes the curse of country music. The equating of lycanthropy and homosexuality's pretty direct here and it's hard to figure out why. When Ginger turns from horny to hyper violent, Brigitte's last hope is Sam, a handsome dope dealer with expertise in biology and lycanthropy. I was just trying to remember as much as I could about lycanthropy. On the one hand, lycanthropy referred to the reality of the werewolf, that is, the phenomenon of metamorphosis from human form to wolf. Do they have a test for lycanthropy these days…? What follows is a wincingly uninspired plot about siblings dealing with lycanthropy and trying to discover who infected them. This is because I have contracted lycanthropy. A teenage werewolf tale that cleverly equates lycanthropy with menstruation, Snaps is a horror movie that apparently has something to say. Well, a werewolf bit them and yeah, lycanthropy is passed on through bites. For his trouble, he's cursed with a peculiar form of lycanthropy that appears to transform its sufferers into German shepherds. Vampirism, lycanthropy and even cannibalism can also be transmitted by bite, not to mention Contagious Lupine Homosexuality. The full moon had long represented supernatural occurrences, lycanthropy and such. As a victim of lycanthropy, The Wolf had always been hungry for friends. Yeah, this pretty much flies in the face of the original, wherein the slightest tap from a syringe full of the stuff seemed to instantly remedy lycanthropy, but… whatever. Stef wouldn't usually talk about his lycanthropy, or sex - the first out of fear that people were listening, and the latter because he worried about making people uncomfortable. 1.1archaic A form of madness involving the delusion of being an animal, usually a wolf, with correspondingly altered behaviour. Example sentencesExamples Similar attempts to explain lycanthropy as a delusion rooted in illness have been repeated throughout the twentieth century. There are a few cases of lycanthropy, such as drug addicts being locked up after claiming to be seeing satanic visions, growing hair and even chasing rabbits in their spare time. Whether DMX is a lycanthropy sufferer or simply identifies with the plight of the four-legged, it remains to be seen. Modern academics see lycanthropy as a fantasy which reveals fundamental aspects of modern personality. In modern psychology, lycanthropy is an infrequent disorder in which a person believes they're a wolf or some other animal, often linked to schizophrenia. Synonyms insanity, insaneness, dementia, mental illness, derangement, dementedness, instability, unsoundness of mind, lunacy, distraction, depression, mania, hysteria, frenzy, psychosis, psychopathy, schizophrenia, hydrophobia Derivatives lycanthropic adjective What if they're lycanthropic bats that turn us into were-vampires at the next full moon?! Example sentencesExamples It went lycanthropic and started growling at me. These men and women were all subject to genetic altercations that created them into lycanthropic monsters. She was a very suggestive looking… er… droid, especially to a lonely guy with lycanthropic tendencies. Origin Late 16th century (as a supposed form of madness): from modern Latin lycanthropia, from Greek lukanthrōpia, from lukos 'wolf' + anthrōpos 'man'. wolf from Old English: The Indo-European root of wolf also gave rise to Greek lukos and Latin lupus, the source of lupine (mid 17th century), ‘like a wolf’. The Greek word gave us lycanthropy (mid 16th century), the mythical transformation of a person into a wolf or werewolf (Old English): the were- part of werewolf is probably from wer, the Old English word for ‘man’ or ‘person’, just as the second half of the Greek comes from anthropos ‘man’ (see world). The story of the shepherd boy who thought it would be funny to cause a panic by falsely crying ‘wolf!’ is one of the fables of Aesop, the Greek storyteller of the 6th century bc. To keep the wolf from the door is to have enough money to avoid starvation: the phrase has been used since the 15th century. To throw someone to the wolves, or leave them to be roughly treated, is surprisingly recent though, being recorded only from the 1920s. The image here is of travellers on a sledge who are set upon by a pack of wolves, and decide to throw out one of their number to lighten the load and allow themselves to make their escape. A wolf in sheep's clothing is a person or thing that appears friendly or harmless but is really hostile. This comes from the Sermon on the Mount, as recounted in the Gospel of Matthew, when Jesus says: ‘Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's cloth, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.’ Rhymes misanthropy, philanthropy Definition of lycanthropy in US English: lycanthropy nounlīˈkanTHrəpēlaɪˈkænθrəpi 1The supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf, as recounted in folk tales. Example sentencesExamples That his lycanthropy is never resolved (it is neither cured nor its origin explained) seems not to bother the baron, the king, his men, or Marie herself. As a victim of lycanthropy, The Wolf had always been hungry for friends. Well, a werewolf bit them and yeah, lycanthropy is passed on through bites. Yeah, this pretty much flies in the face of the original, wherein the slightest tap from a syringe full of the stuff seemed to instantly remedy lycanthropy, but… whatever. For some reason, with the curse of lycanthropy comes the curse of country music. On the one hand, lycanthropy referred to the reality of the werewolf, that is, the phenomenon of metamorphosis from human form to wolf. Ruby interrupted, ‘Lycanthropy this, lycanthropy that… don't you ever have a real excuse?’ The full moon had long represented supernatural occurrences, lycanthropy and such. The equating of lycanthropy and homosexuality's pretty direct here and it's hard to figure out why. When Ginger turns from horny to hyper violent, Brigitte's last hope is Sam, a handsome dope dealer with expertise in biology and lycanthropy. Stef wouldn't usually talk about his lycanthropy, or sex - the first out of fear that people were listening, and the latter because he worried about making people uncomfortable. What follows is a wincingly uninspired plot about siblings dealing with lycanthropy and trying to discover who infected them. Do they have a test for lycanthropy these days…? This is because I have contracted lycanthropy. Vampirism, lycanthropy and even cannibalism can also be transmitted by bite, not to mention Contagious Lupine Homosexuality. I was just trying to remember as much as I could about lycanthropy. A teenage werewolf tale that cleverly equates lycanthropy with menstruation, Snaps is a horror movie that apparently has something to say. You see, Mr. Jennings, the strength and power contained in that cell may hold the key to immortality, if I read my legends of lycanthropy correctly. For his trouble, he's cursed with a peculiar form of lycanthropy that appears to transform its sufferers into German shepherds. 1.1archaic A form of madness involving the delusion of being an animal, usually a wolf, with correspondingly altered behavior. Example sentencesExamples Similar attempts to explain lycanthropy as a delusion rooted in illness have been repeated throughout the twentieth century. In modern psychology, lycanthropy is an infrequent disorder in which a person believes they're a wolf or some other animal, often linked to schizophrenia. Whether DMX is a lycanthropy sufferer or simply identifies with the plight of the four-legged, it remains to be seen. Modern academics see lycanthropy as a fantasy which reveals fundamental aspects of modern personality. There are a few cases of lycanthropy, such as drug addicts being locked up after claiming to be seeing satanic visions, growing hair and even chasing rabbits in their spare time. Synonyms insanity, insaneness, dementia, mental illness, derangement, dementedness, instability, unsoundness of mind, lunacy, distraction, depression, mania, hysteria, frenzy, psychosis, psychopathy, schizophrenia, hydrophobia Origin Late 16th century (as a supposed form of madness): from modern Latin lycanthropia, from Greek lukanthrōpia, from lukos ‘wolf’ + anthrōpos ‘man’.
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