wolflike

Wolfish (all senses); lupine.

Adjective

  1. Wolfish (all senses); lupine.
    • And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries through him. - 1903 July,...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Germanic *wulfaz Proto-West Germanic *wulf Old English wulf Middle English wolf English wolf Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English wolflike From wolf + -like.

Forms

more wolflike most wolflike