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Definition of Lycanthrope
1. Noun. A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again.
Definition of Lycanthrope
1. n. A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.
Definition of Lycanthrope
1. Noun. A werewolf. ¹
2. Noun. A human with a curse that causes involuntary shapeshifting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lycanthrope
Literary usage of Lycanthrope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Folk-lore by Marian Roalfe Cox (1895)
"... interpretation—The Swan-coat—Melusina—Cupid and Psyche—The Werewolf; to be
distinguished from the lycanthrope —A recent case of relapse into barbarism. ..."
2. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1849)
"In other instances there was no transformation, and the lycanthrope appears more
closely ... In some cases the lycanthrope declares that he has the power of ..."
3. The Complete Angler: Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, George Washington Bethune (1847)
"The lycanthrope lost the power of speech, and howled like a wolf, roamed the
country at night, tore the dead from their graves to feed upon their flesh, ..."
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