Word of the Day

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

loup-garou

\ loo-ga-ROO \ , noun;

1. A werewolf; lycanthrope.

In the bushes, the loup-garou snarled quietly, and its eyes brightened, burned with

scarlet fury.

-- Jim Butcher, Fool Moon

Those who were of French descent among them, and full of the old Acadian superstitions,

explained it simply enough by saying he was a "loup garou ," or "were wolf," and resigned

themselves to the impossibility of contending against a creature of such supernatural

malignity and power.

-- Charles Roberts, “The Gray Master,” Concord Junction , 1911

Origin:

Loup-garou stems from the French word of the same spelling which also means werewolf.

The word loup also means "wolf" in French. It entered English in the late 1500s

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