WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024win•di•go (win′di gō′),USA pronunciation n. - Mythology(in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
- Psychiatrya culture-specific syndrome occurring primarily among the Ojibwa and related Indian peoples and characterized by fever-induced delusions that one is being possessed by such a giant. Also called witigo.
- Ojibwa wi·ntiko·; cognate with Cree wi·htiko·w
- 1705–15
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windigo /ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ/ n - a variant of wendigo