Meanings
plural werewildcats
- human sciencesA person who is transformed or can transform into a wildcat or a wildcat-like human.
[…] Rozika, part vampire, part were-wildcat, who spits and yowls, […]
1966 April 14, “Community Senior Play To Be Presented Friday and Saturday”, in The Wylie News, page 72 more examples
In Scotland there was a were-wildcat, in Russia a were-bear, and throughout Africa tales of were-lions or were-leopards abounded.
1981, Daniel Cohen, Everything You Need to Know About Monsters and Still Be Able to Get to Sleep, page 25Celican - werewildcats. Thought extinct in the Middle Ages, now almost _certainly_ wiped out by the Black Spiral Dancers
2000 November 22, I. Inayat, “The Splats: A Quick Guide”, in alt.games.whitewolf (Usenet)
Origin
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werewildcat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/werewildcat
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