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animagus

/ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ɡəs/

animagus noun: a person who can transform into an animal.

Noun

animagus (plural animagi or (rare) animaguses)

  1. A person who can transform into an animal.
    • There is also the question of what we imagine the universes in the multiverse would look like in general. One is virtually forced to speculate, way beyond anything physics can say, that all possible universes exist, in order to guarantee one like ours coming about. Most of these universes would be...2007, Rodney D. Holder, “Is the universe designed?”, in Denis Alexander, editor, Has Science Killed God? The Faraday Papers on Science and Religion, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge...
    • You know it better as Harry Potter. / It’s full of werewolves, and animaguses, / And men with two faces.2009, Farwa Shakeel, “Harry Potter”, in Inspired: 2009 Poetry Collection, Houlton, Me.: The America Library of Poetry, →ISBN, division I (Grades 3-5), page 58

Examples of animagus in a sentence

  • Animaguses are rare and all are supposed to be registered with the Ministry of Magic.2010, Karen Farrington, Lewis Constable, “Glossary of Terms”, in The Potter Pensieve: Trivial Delights from the World of Harry Potter...
  • Lucifer was an Animagus, not by God’s hand, but perhaps by evolution or by willing it later and he used it in a successful attempt to lead Adam and Eve astray in the Garden of Eden.2022 March 21, Barb Cantrell, I Want My Kids to Know Who God Really Is, Conneaut Lake, Pa.: Page Publishing, →ISBN:
  • Think about how she [Minerva McGonagall] was only one among the seven officially registered Animaguses, in the twentieth century.2022 May 30, Aditya Simha, “Cognitive Intelligence, Tests, and Consequences”, in Leadership Insights for Wizards and Witches (Exploring...
  • Are you a..." Shinara questioned. / "An animagus?2022, C[harlie-]L[ee] Davies, The Dark Elf: The Return of the Queen, London: Europe Books, →ISBN:

Forms of animagus

pluralanimagi
plural (rare)animaguses

Origin of animagus

Coined by J. K. Rowling for her Harry Potter series as a blend of animal + magus. Term is introduced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999).

Questions about animagus

What does animagus mean?
Animagus means a person who can transform into an animal.
How do you use animagus in a sentence?
Animaguses are rare and all are supposed to be registered with the Ministry of Magic.
What part of speech is animagus?
Animagus is a noun.
How do you pronounce animagus?
Animagus is pronounced /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ɡəs/.
What is the plural of animagus?
The plural of animagus is animagi.

Words near animagus in the dictionary

  1. animadvertor
  2. animadvertors
  3. animadverts
  4. animae mundi
  5. animagi
  6. animagus
  7. animaguses
  8. animal
  9. animal activist
  10. animal activists
  11. animal African trypanosomiasis

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