lycanthropic

Variant of lycanthropy

noun

  1. a mental disorder in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf
  2. Folklore the magical power to transform oneself or another into a wolf

Origin: ModL lycanthropia < Gr lykanthrōpia: see lycanthrope

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