lobishome

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Manuel Blanco Romasanta was condemned in 1853 for 9 assassination; he plead himself not guilty because of his condition of lobishome

Etymology

11th century ("Lubusome", inside a Latin text).[1] From lubus (“wolf”) +‎ home (“man”), perhaps a calque of Germanic: compare Proto-West Germanic *werawulf. Cognate of Portuguese lobisomem.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

lobishome m (plural lobishomes)

  1. (folklore) a werewolf
    Synonyms: lobo da xente, licántropo
    • 1279, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 37:
      pelos casares do Outeyro e pela fonte do Lubus ome
      by the houses of Outeiro and by the fountain of the werewolf

References

  1. ^ "Lubusome" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “lobo I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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