lycanthropy

英 [laɪ'kænθrəpɪ]美 [laɪ'kænθrəpi]

n. 把人化为狼的神通；变狼狂

英文词源

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).

带lycanthropy字词语

带lycanthropy字成语