woodwose

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woodwose

/ˈwʊdwəʊz/

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From Middle English wodwo, from Old English wuduwāsa.

noun woodwoses

A wild man of the woods; a faun or satyr, or a representation of such a being in heraldry or other decoration. The young woodwose had now closed his eyes and was stretched out supine on the pool's marble margin; his Tarzan brief had been cast aside on the turf.

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@misc{woodwose_2026,
  title = {woodwose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/woodwose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}