lycanthropy
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lycanthropy词义
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n. 把人化为狼的神通；变狼狂
lycanthropy英文词源
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- lycanthropy
- lycanthropy: see wolf
- lycanthropy (n.)
- 1580s, a form of madness (described by ancient writers) in which the afflicted thought he was a wolf, from Greek lykanthropia, from lykanthropos "wolf-man," from lykos "wolf" (see wolf (n.)) + anthropos "man" (see anthropo-). Originally a form of madness (described by ancient writers) in which the afflicted thought he was a wolf; applied to actual transformations of persons (especially witches) into wolves since 1830 (see werewolf).