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Definition of Turnskin
1. Noun. (obsolete) Someone who can change their skin at will, especially into that of a wolf; a werewolf. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turnskin
1. a werewolf [n -S] - See also: werewolf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnskin
Literary usage of Turnskin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1886)
"... turnskin, or were-wolf ; and he holds that a wolf's snout is a counter-charm
against all sorcery, and that new-wedded wives should anoint the side-posts ..."
2. Curiosities of Indo-European Tradition and Folk-lore by Walter Keating Kelly (1863)
"I then knew he was a turnskin ; nor would I ever have broke bread with him again,
no, not if you had ... The werewolf is here called a turnskin (versi- ..."
3. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"2 Of the classic accounts, one of the most remarkable is Petronius Arbiter's
story of the transformation of a ' versi- pellis' or ' turnskin;' this contains ..."
4. The American Monthly Magazine (1833)
"... which long experience has shown to be fabulous ; but I will explain by what
means that notion has become so inveterate, that a turnskin ..."
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