werewolf

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈwɛːwʊlf//
United Kingdom//ˈwɪəwʊlf//
United States//ˈwɛəɹwʊlf//
United States//ˈwɪəɹwʊlf//
United States//ˈwɜɹwʊlf//

A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

noun

1
A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
Near-synonym: dogman

Etymology

From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werewulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv, and even possibly Finnish vironsusi. By surface analysis, were- + wolf. * Compare French garou in loup-garou; French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”); Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”); all from Germanic, probably Frankish *werawulf.

Forms

plural: werewolves

went · A course; a way, a path; a journey.Went · A surname from Middle English.were · simple subjunctive of be

werewolf · A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

Werewolf · Synonym of Mafia (“a social deduction party game”).Werner · A surname from German.Wes · A diminutive of the male given names Wesley or Weston.

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