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loup-garou
 
SYLLABICATION:loup-ga·rou
PRONUNCIATION:  lg-r, -gä-
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. loups-ga·rous (  lg-rz, -gä-r)
A werewolf.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Old French leu garoul : leu, wolf (from Latin lupus; see wkwo- in Appendix I) + garoul, werewolf (of Germanic origin; see w-ro- in Appendix I).
 
 
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