Kastoranthropy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

Formed from Greek κάστορας + άνθρωπος.

Pronunciation

IPA: /kæstə'ɹænθɹəpi/

Noun

kastoranthropy

1. the delusion that one is a beaver; the condition of being a werebeaver

   • 1997: The next morning he is found down-hill from his House, beside the fishing-Pond, lying among remnants of gnaw’d Shrubs, with fragments of half-eaten water-lillies protruding from his Mouth. ‘Kastoranthropy,’ Professor Voam shaking his head, ‘And haven’t I seen it do things to a man. Tragick.’ — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon