This book takes place in the 1700s. To make it feel authentic, a plethora of 18th-century words and expressions are used throughout by the author. Due to a prior lack of a proper glossary, some think the author was being cryptic in his language despite the definitions at the bottom of each chapter. Therefore, the author has compiled a glossary of terms that are unfamiliar to the modern-day reader, so as to eschew any further obfuscation.
Antifogmatic (n.) - American slang word for a stiff drink taken to counteract the effects of cold or wet weather
Barrel-fever (n.) - Slang for a hangover
Cuddle-muddle (n.) - A whispered, clandestine conversation.
Dansey-headed (n.) - giddy or thoughtless (lit. 'made dizzy by dancing')
Devil's-smiles (n.) - brief gleams of bright sunshine in an otherwise stormy or overcast sky
Diana (n.) - Silver
Dog's-soup (sl. n.) - Rainwater
Don't be like the saddle of Bawltry - An 18th century expression meaning to never refuse the offer of a drink
Fall by your rest - To be sleepless
Levant me! - Expression of annoyance or exasperation
Oliver is in town - Expression meaning the moon is shining
The pine wishes herself a shrub when the ax is at her root - Expression meaning inconspicuosness can be helpful
Slip the wind - Euphemism for death
Stuff (n.) - Referred to the clothes worn under chainmail in 14th-century English
Other terms and jargon:
Colfox (n.) - A black-furred variety of fox
Extirpated (adj.) - Ecology term meaning extinct in a region, but can still be found elsewhere
Kinculler - Otherkin hunters in general
Lycanculler - The Werewolf Hunters
Serene - As a noun, serene means "(a) cloudless sky."
Sesqui-century (n.) - The obscure prefix "sesqui-" means "and a half"; a sesqui-century is 150 years.
Wifwolf - A term coined by the author; feminine form of werewolf
Vulp-garou - A werefox that is able to shift at will, typically having been shot twice before. Related words include vulpanthropy and vulpanthrope.
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The Otherkin Chronicles ¦ Book 1: Lycan
Historical Fiction"When he got bitten on the full moon, at first he felt nothing, then pain - only pain." Sean Hooke was the best Werewolf Hunter in colonial America. A fervent believer in their need to be eradicated after the death of his wife five years earlier at...
