单词 | windigo |
释义 | windigo /win"di goh'/, n. 1. (in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh. 2. Psychiatry. a 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. [1705-15; < Ojibwa wi·ntiko·; c. Cree wi·htiko·w] |
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