wereleopard

English

Etymology

were- +‎ leopard

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪəlɛpəd/, /ˈwɛəlɛpəd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛɹlɛpɚd/, /ˈwɪɹlɛpɚd/

Noun

wereleopard (plural wereleopards)

(fantasy, mythology) A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168:
  They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction.
- 2008 June 22, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times‎:
  A) “One of them was a wereleopard; the other was a werewolf; both of them were strippers.”
- 2019, Sarah Makela, The Leopard Who Claimed A Wolf: New Adult Shifter Romance, Kissa Press LLC, →ISBN:
  While there'd been whispers about the Pack being unhappy with me for entangling myself with a wereleopard, Caitlyn wasn't just a wereleopard to me. She was my mate. A wolf didn't choose those kinds of things.

Translations

shapeshifter assuming the shape of a leopard

French: léopard-garou (fr) m
Japanese: 豹人間 (hyō ningen)

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