different between werewolfish vs werewolf

English

Etymology

werewolf +? -ish

Adjective

werewolfish (comparative more werewolfish, superlative most werewolfish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a werewolf.
   • 1999, Laurence A. Rickels, The vampire lectures (page 259)

     When one of the girls goes down into the basement, she is devoured by the POV accompanied by audio portions of werewolfish sounds.

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)

1. (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-