lycanthropic

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lycanthropic

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From New Latin lycanthrōpus + -ic. By surface analysis, lycanthrope + -ic.

adjective more lycanthropic · most lycanthropic

  1. Of or pertaining to lycanthropy. Lycanthropic survival instincts Embrace the beast and shun the weak Awake the primal one that sleeps inside Or feel the shiver running through your spine
  2. Of or pertaining to lycanthropes. He had kept the silver wolf’s head cane ornament that Claude Rains used to kill his lycanthropic son, Lon Chaney Jr., in “The Wolf Man” in 1941.

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@misc{lycanthropic_2026,
  title = {lycanthropic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lycanthropic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}