adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
wolven
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CMU ARPABET: W UH1 L V AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A wolflike being; one who is wolflike in appearance or character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
Topics: fantasy
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:wolven.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
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.