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wolven en · ADJ

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.
    • “What I mean is, this marking you and hiding you away, it's very wolven. [...]" 2011, Gill McKnight, Indigo Moon:
    • But the shepherd does protect the sheep from the wolf: therefore, few fall to feed the wolven cubs, the remaining sheep living long to rear more lambs and provide us with wool. 2004, Marilyn Mattie Brahen, Claiming Her:
    • Not a very wolven gesture, but somehow apropos. 2009, Kate Douglas, Wolf Tales VIII:

Forms

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Synonyms

wolfen

wolven en · NOUN

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (uncommon) A wolflike being; one who is wolflike in appearance or character.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:wolven.

Forms

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