| 1. wolf-man, man who turns into a wolf when the moon is full (Folklore). werewolfwerewolf` , n.; pl. werewolves (#). [as. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. g. w?rwolf, w?hrwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, mhg. werwolf. ?285. see: were a man, and wolf, and cf. virile, world.] a person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. the werwolf went about his prey. --william of palerne. the brutes that wear our form and face, the werewolves of the human race. [werewolf a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf [syn: wolfman, lycanthrope] |