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Word entry · 8 letters

werewolf

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"Full-moon monster"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɛːwʊlf/Part of speech nounSorted eeflorwwStarts with WEnds with F1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again

Word origin

From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werewulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv, and even possibly Finnish vironsusi. By surface analysis, were- + wolf.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: dogman

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