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wendigo
English
Etymology
From Ojibwe wiindigoo, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa (“owl; malevolent spirit, cannibalistic monster”). Compare Cree wihtikow, ?????? (iyhtikow, “greedy person; cannibal; giant man-eating monster”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?nd????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?ndi?o?/
- Hyphenation: wen?di?go
Noun
wendigo (plural wendigo or wendigos or wendigoes)
- (mythology) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
- Synonyms: wetiko, wihtikow, witigo, (derived from Cree) witiko
- Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”)
Alternative forms
- wiindigoo
- windago
- windiga
- windigo
Derived terms
- wendigo psychosis
Translations
Further reading
- wendigo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “windigo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- widgeon
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werewolf
English
Alternative forms
- werwolf, were-wolf, were wolf, wehrwolf, warwolf
Etymology
From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werwulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). Equivalent to wer +? wolf or were- +? wolf. Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv and even possibly Finnish vironsusi.
Compare also French garou, in loup-garou, French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”), Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”) (from Germanic).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w??w?lf/, /?w??w?lf/
- (US) IPA(key): /?w???w?lf/, /?w???w?lf/, /?w??w?lf/
Noun
werewolf (plural werewolves)
- (mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.
- Synonyms: wolfman, lycanthrope, man-wolf
Hyponyms
- (female): werewolfess, werewoman, wolfwoman
Derived terms
- werewolfdom
- werewolfish
Translations
See also
- dogman
- turnskin
- were-
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