Definition of Licanthropy
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Mythology The act of shape-shifting between the form of a man (human being) and a wolf, often done during a full moon, according to legend.
- A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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