wolf-child

American  

[woolf-chahyld] / ˈwʊlfˌtʃaɪld /

noun

wolf-children plural

1. a child who is thought to have been suckled or nurtured by wolves.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• wolf-children
  plural

Etymology

Origin of wolf-child

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

I think the expression I used in the book is a wolf-child brought up in the wilderness without any culture around it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2016

A jemidar told me that when he was a lad he remembered going, with others, to see a wolf-child which had been netted.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

An interesting case of a wolf-child was reported many years ago in Chambers' Journal.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The wolf-child has little except his outward form to show that it is a human being with a soul.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The story of another wolf-child is even more wonderful than the above.

From Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various