wampus

¹

[wom-puhs]

noun

plural

wampuses 

1. a strange or objectionable person; lout.

wampus

²

[wom-puhs]

noun

plural

wampuses 

1. wamus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wampus¹

Perhaps extracted from catawampus

Example Sentences

From the Mothman, Wampus Cat, and Raven Mocker to the Grafton and Flatwoods Monsters, the Appalachians are teeming with supernatural creatures.

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“Besides ‘red horse bread,’ Southerners had several of other names for what we now call hushpuppies, like ‘wampus’ in Florida, and ‘red devils’ and ‘three finger bread’ in Georgia.”

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“It’s not a Dragon! It’s a Wampus!”

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One of the houses of the North American wizarding school, Ilvermorny, is named after the Wampus Cat.

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The Cherokee have most extensively studied the Wampus Cat, with whom they share their native region, and only they have ever succeeded in procuring Wampus Cat hair for use as a wand core.

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