wolfkin
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
wolfkin (plural wolfkins)
- A young or small wolf.
- 1864, Alfred Lord Tennyson, BOÄDICÉA:
- Kite and kestrel, wolf and wolfkin, from the wilderness, wallow in it.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
young or small wolf — see wolf cub
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
wolfkin (plural wolfkin)
- (fantasy) Any of various nonhuman and non-wolf fantasy creatures that have features of a wolf.
- 2009, Maia Strong, The Ballad of Jimothy Redwing:
- Arun is in training to be a priest of the Fire God when he is abruptly plucked from his peaceful studies, bespelled and staked out as bait to capture a monster—a wolfkin. But the wolfkin isn't quite what Arun expected.
- 2010, Kate Atkinson, Not The End Of The World, →ISBN, page 31:
- There was a rumour that the rare wolfkin had been sighted in the botanical gardens in the west of the city.
- 2014, Heather Gunn, Aspect Core Rulebook FC 2015 SC, →ISBN, page 41:
- Wolfkin are humanoid wolves. They have long wolf faces and thick fur. They walk on the tips of their long feet and have thick ragged wolf tails.
References edit
- “wolfkin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.