werehare
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a hare.
Example Sentences
- "“‘Oh my,’ cried the first camper. ‘Now I understand you completely. You've turned into a werehare!’"
- "Like all the children in the neighborhood, A____ and Z____ had grown up hearing strange stories about the Were-Hare, the monster rabbit who allegedly haunted the woods behind their street. According to legend, the Were-Hare had teeth of gold, so long they reached below his chin. Anybody bitten by the Were-Hare went mad—and believed for the rest of his life he was a rodent in human form. On the other hand, anybody who managed to extract one of the Were-Hare's teeth would have good luck for as long as he could keep the tooth."
- ""Maybe it wasn't the Seeing Hare at all, maybe it was a person in hare form. A were-hare. Look, I don't know!""
- "If he hadn't know better, he'd have thought she was a werehare, something that lived to nibble grass and hide. Not the infuriated creature who had nearly killed a werewolf in his prime."
Etymology
From were- + hare.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: were