windigo

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(win′di gō′)


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win•di•go  (win′di gō′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythology(in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
  2. Psychiatrya culture-specific syndrome occurring primarily among the Ojibwa and related Indian peoples and characterized by fever-induced delusions that one is being possessed by such a giant. Also called witigo. 
  • Ojibwa wi·ntiko·; cognate with Cree wi·htiko·w
  • 1705–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
windigo /ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ/ n
  1. a variant of wendigo
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wendigo /ˈwɛndɪˌɡəʊ/, windigo /ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ/ n Canadian
  1. ( pl -gos) (among Algonquian people) an evil spirit or cannibal
  2. ( pl -go, -gos)
    another name for splake
Etymology: from Algonquian: evil spirit or cannibal
'windigo' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
wendigo - witigo

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