woodwose means A wild man of the woods; a faun or satyr, or a representation of such a being in heraldry or other decoration. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
woodwose is pronounced /ˈwʊdwəʊz/.
Why “woodwose” is a great word
WOODWOSE — [Noun] A wild man of the woods, a hairy, humanoid creature of European folklore and heraldry. From Middle English wodwo, from Old English wuduwāsa, a compound of wudu ("wood, forest") and an element of uncertain origin (wāsa). Unlike a satyr, with its classical goatish legs, or a hermit, defined by pious retreat, the woodwose is an elemental outcast, defined by innate wildness. It is the matted silhouette moving beyond the firelight, the crude club carved on a church bench, the guttural sound that is not quite human—the ancient fear that the forest itself might one day stand up and walk.
Etymology
From Middle English wodwo, from Old English wuduwāsa.
noun
- A wild man of the woods; a faun or satyr, or a representation of such a being in heraldry or other decoration.“The young woodwose had now closed his eyes and was stretched out supine on the pool's marble margin; his Tarzan brief had been cast aside on the turf.”