wolven

noun

1. A wolflike being; one who is wolflike in appearance or character.

   uncommon

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:wolven.

Where it comes from

From Middle English wolven, *wilven, *wulven, perhaps continuing Old English wylfen (“wolfish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wulfīn (“wolfish”), equivalent to wolf + -en. Piecewise doublet of lupine.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry wolven (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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