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lycanthropic

lycanthropic adjective: of or pertaining to lycanthropy.

Adjective

lycanthropic (comparative more lycanthropic, superlative most lycanthropic)

  1. Of or pertaining to lycanthropy.
    • Lycanthropic survival instincts
      Embrace the beast and shun the weak
      Awake the primal one that sleeps inside
      Or feel the shiver running through your spine2015, “512”, in VII: Sturm und Drang (Groove Metal), performed by Lamb of God, United States
  2. Of or pertaining to lycanthropes.
    • 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 1941.2007 February 18, Dave Kehr, “A Creepy Stash of Movie Magic, Lovingly Amassed”, in New York Times

Forms of lycanthropic

comparativemore lycanthropic
superlativemost lycanthropic

Origin of lycanthropic

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

Words formed from lycanthropic

Questions about lycanthropic

What does lycanthropic mean?
Lycanthropic means of or pertaining to lycanthropy.
What part of speech is lycanthropic?
Lycanthropic is an adjective.

Words near lycanthropic in the dictionary

  1. lycan
  2. lycans
  3. lycanthrope
  4. lycanthropes
  5. lycanthropia
  6. lycanthropic
  7. lycanthropically
  8. lycanthropies
  9. lycanthropist
  10. lycanthropists
  11. lycanthropous

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