lycanthrope

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ly=can=thrope

CIDE DICTIONARY

lycanthrope, n. [Gr. ; a wolf + a man.].

•  A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.  [1913 Webster]
•  One affected with lycanthropy.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lycanthrope, n.
1 a werewolf.
2 an insane person who believes that he or she is an animal, esp. a wolf.

Etymology

mod.L lycanthropus f. Gk (as LYCANTHROPY)