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lycanthropy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lycanthropy \Ly*can"thro*py\, n. [Gr. ?: cf F. lycanthropie.] 1. The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf. --Lowell. 2. (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lycanthropy n : (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf
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