Definition of windigo in English:
windigo
(also wendigo)
nounPlural windigoes, Plural windigosˈwɪndɪɡəʊˈwindəˌɡō
(in the folklore of the northern Algonquian Indians) a cannibalistic giant; a person who has been transformed into a monster by the consumption of human flesh.
(北阿尔冈昆印第安人民间传说中的)食人巨人;食人恶魔
Example sentencesExamples
- I only hope the Kudo comes and gets him in the night, like the wendigo.
- I must see a traveling paper, then you may come stay the night with us so as you will be safe from the wendigos.
- Manjimanidoo or evil spirits existed; windigos were especially terrifying spirits who dwelled within lakes and practiced cannibalism.
- There's something we forgot to tell you about the wendigo.
- In the depths of the winter, the windigo seeks to feast on human flesh.