“lycanthrope”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

lycanthrope

释义

lycanthrope|ˈlaɪkænθrəʊp, laɪˈkænθrəʊp|
Also 7 lycanthrop.
[ad. mod.L. lycanthrōp-us, ad. Gr. λυκάνθρωπ-ος lit. wolf-man, f. λύκο-ς wolf + ἄνθρωπος man.]
1. One who is afflicted with lycanthropy, q.v.
1621Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. iv. xiii. 276 The organs of the fantasie of such foolish Lycanthrops.1679G. R. tr. Boaystuau's Theat. World iii. 246 They will become Lycanthropes, and go naked like the Wolves.
2. By mod. writers used as a synonym of werewolf; one of those persons who (according to mediæval superstition) assumed the form of wolves.
1831A. Herbert in Sir F. Madden Will. & Werwolf (1832) 16 Parthenophagy..is an enormity of the lycanthropes, and not of wolves.1882St. Jame's Gaz. 17 Feb. 7 These legends of the lycanthrope—the loupgarou—perhaps especially induce us to vilify the wolf.
fig.1855Whittier Arisen at Last 16 Hereaway, The fell lycanthrope finds no prey.

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