werewildcat

English

Etymology

From were- +‎ wildcat.

Noun

werewildcat (plural werewildcats)

1. (mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wildcat or a wildcat-like human.
   • 1966 April 14, “Community Senior Play To Be Presented Friday and Saturday”, in The Wylie News, page 7:

     […] Rozika, part vampire, part were-wildcat, who spits and yowls, […]

   • 1981, Daniel Cohen, Everything You Need to Know About Monsters and Still Be Able to Get to Sleep, page 25:

     In Scotland there was a were-wildcat, in Russia a were-bear, and throughout Africa tales of were-lions or were-leopards abounded.

   • 2000 November 22, I. Inayat, “The Splats: A Quick Guide”, in alt.games.whitewolf‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Celican - werewildcats. Thought extinct in the Middle Ages, now almost _certainly_ wiped out by the Black Spiral Dancers