Lycanthropy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lycanthropy \Ly*can"thro*py\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. lycanthropie.]
     1. The supposed act of turning one's self or another person
        into a wolf. --Lowell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient


        imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that
        animal.
        [1913 Webster] lycee

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lycanthropy
       n : (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the
           characteristics of a wolf