See lycanthropy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for lycanthropy meaning in English (6.8kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "λυκανθρωπία"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek λυκανθρωπία (lukanthrōpía)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λυκάνθρωπος",
"t": "wolfman"
},
"expansion": "λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, “wolfman”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lycanthrope",
"3": "-y"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, lycanthrope + -y",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek λυκανθρωπία (lukanthrōpía), from λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, “wolfman”). By surface analysis, lycanthrope + -y.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lycanthropies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-",
"2": "+"
},
"expansion": "lycanthropy (usually uncountable, plural lycanthropies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "lycanthrope"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "werewolf"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "shapeshift"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Mythology",
"orig": "en:Mythology",
"parents": [
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "42 44 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 40 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 42 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 34 17",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Werewolves",
"orig": "en:Werewolves",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom."
],
"id": "en-lycanthropy-en-noun--aYlkHPI",
"links": [
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"lycanthrope",
"lycanthrope"
],
[
"werewolf",
"werewolf"
],
[
"shapeshift",
"shapeshift"
],
[
"full moon",
"full moon"
],
[
"werewolfdom",
"werewolfdom"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mythology) The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "42 44 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 40 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 42 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, Marijn Haverbeke, “4: Data Structures: Objects and Arrays”, in Eloquent JavaScript, 2nd Ed.: A Modern Introduction to Programming, No Starch Press, page 60",
"text": "On one hand, Jacques is quite glad that he doesn’t have classic lycanthropy. Turning into a squirrel tends to cause fewer problems than turning into a wolf.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf."
],
"id": "en-lycanthropy-en-noun-Czvqjxnd",
"links": [
[
"shapeshift",
"shapeshift"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mythology, by extension) The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "42 44 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 40 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 42 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal."
],
"id": "en-lycanthropy-en-noun-SZkLZuAc",
"links": [
[
"delusion",
"delusion"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laɪˈkanθɹəpi/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"of being a werewolf"
],
"topics": [
"state"
],
"word": "werewolfdom"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "werewolfism"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "lycanthropia"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licantropia"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "lykantropia"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lycanthropie"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "licantropía"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lykanthropie"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lykanthropía",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λυκανθρωπία"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lukanthrōpía",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λυκανθρωπία"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "likantrópia"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "likantropi"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "likantropia"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licantropia"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "likantrópija",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ликантро́пия"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licantropía"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "likantropi"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 45 6",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "lükantrop"
}
],
"word": "lycanthropy"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 4-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms suffixed with -y",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English undefined derivations",
"en:Werewolves"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "λυκανθρωπία"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek λυκανθρωπία (lukanthrōpía)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λυκάνθρωπος",
"t": "wolfman"
},
"expansion": "λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, “wolfman”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lycanthrope",
"3": "-y"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, lycanthrope + -y",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek λυκανθρωπία (lukanthrōpía), from λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, “wolfman”). By surface analysis, lycanthrope + -y.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lycanthropies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-",
"2": "+"
},
"expansion": "lycanthropy (usually uncountable, plural lycanthropies)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "lycanthrope"
},
{
"word": "werewolf"
},
{
"word": "shapeshift"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Mythology"
],
"glosses": [
"The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom."
],
"links": [
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"lycanthrope",
"lycanthrope"
],
[
"werewolf",
"werewolf"
],
[
"shapeshift",
"shapeshift"
],
[
"full moon",
"full moon"
],
[
"werewolfdom",
"werewolfdom"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mythology) The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, Marijn Haverbeke, “4: Data Structures: Objects and Arrays”, in Eloquent JavaScript, 2nd Ed.: A Modern Introduction to Programming, No Starch Press, page 60",
"text": "On one hand, Jacques is quite glad that he doesn’t have classic lycanthropy. Turning into a squirrel tends to cause fewer problems than turning into a wolf.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf."
],
"links": [
[
"shapeshift",
"shapeshift"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mythology, by extension) The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal."
],
"links": [
[
"delusion",
"delusion"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laɪˈkanθɹəpi/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"raw_tags": [
"of being a werewolf"
],
"topics": [
"state"
],
"word": "werewolfdom"
},
{
"word": "werewolfism"
},
{
"word": "lycanthropia"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licantropia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "lykantropia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lycanthropie"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "licantropía"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lykanthropie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lykanthropía",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λυκανθρωπία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lukanthrōpía",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λυκανθρωπία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "likantrópia"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "likantropi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "likantropia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licantropia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "likantrópija",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ликантро́пия"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licantropía"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "likantropi"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "act of shapeshifting",
"word": "lükantrop"
}
],
"word": "lycanthropy"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.