What does "lycanthropy" mean?
Lycanthropy: (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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