Dictionary entry

Cynanthropy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cy‐nan″thro‐py (s?–n?n″thr?–p?), n. [Gr. ����� of a dog-man; ����, ���, dog + ����� man: cf. F. cynanthropie.] (Med.) A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.