lycanthropic

English

Etymology

From New Latin lycanthrōpus +‎ -ic.[1] By surface analysis, lycanthrope +‎ -ic.

Adjective

lycanthropic (comparative more lycanthropic, superlative most lycanthropic)

  1. Of or pertaining to lycanthropy.
    • 2015, “512”, performed by Lamb of God:
      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.
    • 2007 February 18, Dave Kehr, “A Creepy Stash of Movie Magic, Lovingly Amassed”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      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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References

  1. ^ “lycanthropic, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000: “< modern Latin lycanthrōpus (see lycanthrope n.) + ‑ic suffix.”
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