wolpertinger
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Wolpertinger.
Noun
wolpertinger (plural wolpertingers)
- A fictional creature said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria, having various incongruous features such as wings, antlers, and fangs.
- 1995, Greg N Carlson, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, The generic book:
- The wolpertinger roams the mountains and forests of the Bavarian Alps.
- 2004, Bill Cannon, Texas: Land of Legend and Lore:
- ...fall into the same category as Germany's wolpertingers, which we have seen on our visits to that country.
- 2006, Regine Eckardt, Meaning change in grammaticalization:
- We can however think of hypothetical worlds w' that contain wolpertingers and/or unicorns […]
Translations
fictional creature
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