windigog

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A form of windigo

OriginOjibwe wiindigoog →
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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of windigo

    Windigog, monsters not alive or dead...

    2012, Linda LeGarde Grover, The Dance Boots
    2 more examples

    He asked her if the windigog were coming back yet and asked her to look.

    1979, Victor Barnouw, Wisconsin Chippewa Myths & Tales: And Their Relation to Chippewa Life

    In the Northern Forests, there lived a race of terrible giants, the Windigog

    1985, Daybreak Star, Volume 10

Origin

  1. Ojibwewiindigoog
  2. Englishwindigog

Borrowed from Ojibwe wiindigoog, plural of wiindigoo, with all long vowels written as single vowels.

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APA

windigog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windigog

MLA

“windigog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windigog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windigog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windigog.

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