windigo
(in the folklore of the Ojibwe and other Algonquian peoples) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
Psychiatry. a culture-specific syndrome occurring primarily among the Ojibwe and other Algonquian peoples and characterized by fever-induced delusions that one is being possessed by a cannibalistic giant.
Origin of windigo
1- Also called witigo.
Words Nearby windigo
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How to use windigo in a sentence
If he is a real windigo, it will only do him good by driving out the ice.
La Ronge Journal, 1823 | George NelsonThey might overtake him, and if they did, a windigo could expect no mercy from them.
The Island of Yellow Sands | E. C. [Ethel Claire] BrillHe did not intend that the windigo should creep on their camp without his knowing it.
The Island of Yellow Sands | E. C. [Ethel Claire] BrillBut we must watch that we are not taken unawares by the evil windigo.
The Island of Yellow Sands | E. C. [Ethel Claire] BrillHe is a windigo, in league with the evil one and hungering for human flesh.
The Island of Yellow Sands | E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
British Dictionary definitions for windigo
/ (ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ) /
a variant of wendigo
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