Dictionary.com

windigo

[ win-di-goh ]
/ ˈwɪn dɪˌgoʊ /

noun

(in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
Psychiatry. a culture-specific syndrome occurring primarily among the Ojibwa and related Indian peoples and characterized by fever-induced delusions that one is being possessed by such a giant.

QUIZZES

BECOME A PRO CHEF WITH THIS EXQUISITE CUISINE QUIZ!

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.
Question 1 of 9
You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?
To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.
To stew in a sauce for a long time.
To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT
Also called witigo.

Origin of windigo

1705–15; <Ojibwa wi·ntiko·; cognate with Cree wi·htiko·w

Words nearby windigo

Windham, wind harp, Windhoek, windhover, Windies, windigo, wind indicator, winding, winding drum, winding frame, winding number
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for windigo

British Dictionary definitions for windigo

windigo
/ (ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ) /

noun

a variant of wendigo
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012