wolfishness

English

Etymology

From wolfish +‎ -ness.

Noun

wolfishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being wolfish.
    • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 32:
      “I have withstood so long the wrath and wolfishness of this ogre.”
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