lycanthropic
- a word derived from lycanthropy.
Example Sentences
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Medical journals occasionally publish speculative work on the biology of the lycanthropic transformation, but again, hard data are sparse.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 27, 2023
Some of those howls you hear are laughter while some are something more lycanthropic in Josh Ruben’s snappy 2021 horror comedy “Werewolves Within.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2022
Likewise, one might run into haints, phantasmagorical flaming skulls, duppies, lycanthropic loups-garous and more.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
It was her authentic laugh, the one she reserved for friends like Nora: harsh, barking, nearly lycanthropic.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2021
One day as she was ranging the country in a fit of lycanthropic madness, she came upon two children who were plucking wild strawberries.
From The Book of Were-Wolves by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
