Etymology

woodwose

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Today it means: A wild man of the woods; a faun or satyr, or a representation of such a being in heraldry or other decoration. Full definition →

Middle English wodwo ← Old English wuduwāsa
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  1. Old English · inherited fromwuduwāsa
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwodwo
  3. English todaywoodwose

From Middle English wodwo, from Old English wuduwāsa.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.