English Explanatory Dictionary

wolven

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.
noun
  1. A wolflike being; one who is wolflike in appearance or character.

Word forms

wolven more wolven most wolven wolvens

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.

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