Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to lycanthropy; characteristic of lycanthropy.

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  • adjective Pertaining to lycanthropy.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to lycanthropy.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to lycanthropes.

Etymologies

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lycanthrope +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • After more than 90 years since the first werewolves of silent film, the good ole fashioned lycanthropic metamorphosis has become a cinematic art from.

    10 UNFORGETTABLE WEREWOLF TRANSFORMATION SCENES | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009

  • The Evil Brothers were very good indeed, although Gareth Saxe as Ferdinand started at such a high level of scene-chewery that he had almost nowhere to go once he'd gone fully lycanthropic.

    The Duchess of Malfi deliasherman 2010

  • The Evil Brothers were very good indeed, although Gareth Saxe as Ferdinand started at such a high level of scene-chewery that he had almost nowhere to go once he'd gone fully lycanthropic.

    The Duchess of Malfi deliasherman 2010

  • A lycanthropic excerpt titled “Stop Your Caterwauling” is in the current NY Tyrant.

    My “Son of Lykos” | clusterflock 2009

  • With this provocative knowledge the beleaguered Fritz knows he is the only one who can stop Hitler before the Eastern advancement continues and the new feeding grounds fall forever under the control of the Nazis and their lycanthropic leadership.

    We Love You! 2009

  • Troma might have the zombie chickens but it sounds like Universal have the lycanthropic turkey.

    UPDATE: There is NOT Another Editor on Wolfman | /Film 2010

  • Certainly he had never put a bone from a lycanthropic minotaur in any batch, as he'd told the kender the night before.

    Stalling 2010

  • As a child, I was filled with wonderment at my first encounter with electrum coins, potions of diminution, and lycanthropic foes.

    From the Dungeon to the Dictionary « Isegoria 2008

  • Also: "Your pirate disguise fools no-one Lord Xopher: My spider-sense identifies you as the time travelling lycanthropic vampire ninja from the moon that did for Drake, my zombie progenitor - now give me your Braaaaaaaaaaaaains"3

    Making Light: Open thread 136 2010

  • In today's Wall Street Journal, columnist Thomas Frank calls out the Washington Post at length for its fawning, frolicsome coverage of the way lobbyists infect every single corner of Capitol Hill like a lycanthropic plague.

    David Sirota: The Best Little Whorehouse in Washington 2009

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  • This has been one of the great vampire contentions, that they constitute a civilisation: they have art, culture, division of labour, political and legal systems. There's no lycanthropic parallel. The yeehaw explanation is we're too busy chasing meat'n'pussy, but the truth is the language of the wer is anathema to the wulf. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.

    March 3, 2012

  • This has been one of the great vampiric contentions, that they constitute a civilisation: they have art, culture, division of labour, political and legal systems. There's no lycanthropic parallel. The yeehaw explanation is we're too busy chasing meat'n'pussy, but the truth is the language of the wer is anathema to the wulf. After a few transformations your human self starts to lose interest in books. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.

    March 3, 2012