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boanthropy

boanthropy noun: the delusion that one is an ox or cow.

Noun

boanthropy (uncountable)

  1. The delusion that one is an ox or cow.
    • Many scholars have diagnosed Nebuchadnezzar's illness as a form of insania zoanthropica, such as boanthropy or lycanthropy, where a human being thinks himself or herself an ox or a wolf.2001, Mark Mangano, Esther & Daniel, page 211

Questions about boanthropy

What does boanthropy mean?
Boanthropy means the delusion that one is an ox or cow.
What part of speech is boanthropy?
Boanthropy is a noun.

Words near boanthropy in the dictionary

  1. Boambee East
  2. Boambolo
  3. Boanerges
  4. Boanergeses
  5. Boann
  6. boanthropy
  7. Boao
  8. boar
  9. boar hog
  10. boar taint
  11. boar's nest

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