werewolf
n. wolf-man, man who turns into a wolf when the moon is full (Folklore) | ||||
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Werewolf Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Werewolf
(n.)
A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.
(n.)
A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct.
| WordNet 2.0 |
werewolf
Noun
1. a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf
(synonym) wolfman, lycanthrope
(hypernym) mythical monster, mythical creature
Noun
1. a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf
(synonym) wolfman, lycanthrope
(hypernym) mythical monster, mythical creature
| The Devil's Dictionary |
WEREWOLF
Werewolf, (n.)
A wolf that was once, or is sometimes, a man. All werewolves are of evil disposition, having assumed a bestial form to gratify a beastial appetite, but some, transformed by sorcery, are as humane and is consistent with an acquired taste for human flesh.
Some Bavarian peasants having caught a wolf one evening, tied it to a post by the tail and went to bed. The next morning nothing was there! Greatly perplexed, they consulted the local priest, who told them that their captive was undoubtedly a werewolf and had resumed its human for during the night. "The next time that you take a wolf," the good man said, "see that you chain it by the leg, and in the morning you will find a Lutheran."
Werewolf, (n.)
A wolf that was once, or is sometimes, a man. All werewolves are of evil disposition, having assumed a bestial form to gratify a beastial appetite, but some, transformed by sorcery, are as humane and is consistent with an acquired taste for human flesh.
Some Bavarian peasants having caught a wolf one evening, tied it to a post by the tail and went to bed. The next morning nothing was there! Greatly perplexed, they consulted the local priest, who told them that their captive was undoubtedly a werewolf and had resumed its human for during the night. "The next time that you take a wolf," the good man said, "see that you chain it by the leg, and in the morning you will find a Lutheran."
| hEnglish - advanced version |
werewolf
werewolf
\were"wolf`\ (?), n.; pl. werewolves (#). [as. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. g. w?rwolf, w?hrwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, mhg. werwolf. ?285. see were a man, and wolf, and cf. virile, world.] a person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. the werwolf went about his prey. --william of palerne. the brutes that wear our form and face, the werewolves of the human race. [
werewolf
n : a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf [syn: wolfman, lycanthrope]
werewolf
\were"wolf`\ (?), n.; pl. werewolves (#). [as. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. g. w?rwolf, w?hrwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, mhg. werwolf. ?285. see were a man, and wolf, and cf. virile, world.] a person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. the werwolf went about his prey. --william of palerne. the brutes that wear our form and face, the werewolves of the human race. [
werewolf
n : a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf [syn: wolfman, lycanthrope]
Werewolf Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rakefet |
Lycanthropy
Lycanthropy [from Greek lykanthropos wolf-man] In all times and places there has been prevalent the belief that human beings can become transformed into wolves or other animals, obsessed by the spirits of these animals, or even assume this condition at will through sorcery; the object being to gratify hatred or to satisfy voracious instincts. People thus affected are said to have appeared both to themselves and to others in the form of wolves and to have attacked animals, but especially human beings. The English name for such a person was werewolf (man-wolf). The belief was very prevalent in medieval Europe, and was the occasion for numerous legal executions. It has disappeared before the advance of our present culture, but it was a fact, depending upon little understood mysteries of psychologization, and the belief still holds among some people.
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Lycanthropy [from Greek lykanthropos wolf-man] In all times and places there has been prevalent the belief that human beings can become transformed into wolves or other animals, obsessed by the spirits of these animals, or even assume this condition at will through sorcery; the object being to gratify hatred or to satisfy voracious instincts. People thus affected are said to have appeared both to themselves and to others in the form of wolves and to have attacked animals, but especially human beings. The English name for such a person was werewolf (man-wolf). The belief was very prevalent in medieval Europe, and was the occasion for numerous legal executions. It has disappeared before the advance of our present culture, but it was a fact, depending upon little understood mysteries of psychologization, and the belief still holds among some people.
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Werewolf Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Middle-earth v2.2b |
Werewolves
Enchanted servants of the Dark Lord.
Dread servants of Morgoth in wolf-form. Werewolves were especially associated with Sauron, who indeed took the shape of a great wolf himself at least once.
'... werewolves, fell beasts inhabited by dreadful spirits that he [Sauron] had imprisoned in their bodies.'
(The Silmarillion 19, Of Beren and Lúthien)
Enchanted servants of the Dark Lord.
Dread servants of Morgoth in wolf-form. Werewolves were especially associated with Sauron, who indeed took the shape of a great wolf himself at least once.
'... werewolves, fell beasts inhabited by dreadful spirits that he [Sauron] had imprisoned in their bodies.'
(The Silmarillion 19, Of Beren and Lúthien)
| The Harry Potter Glossary |
Werewolf
A half man and half wolf creature.
A half man and half wolf creature.
Werewolf Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Werewolf
Werewolves, also known as lycanthropes, are mythological or folkloric people with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or wolflike creature, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse. The medieval chronicler Gervase of Tilbury associated the transformation with the appearance of the full moon; however, there is evidence that the association existed among the Ancient Greeks, appearing in the writings of Petronius. This concept was rarely associated with the werewolf until the idea was picked up by fiction writers.
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