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Dampish vs Vampish - What's the difference?

dampish | vampish |

As adjectives the difference between dampish and vampish

is that dampish is (obsolete) characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky while vampish is like a vamp (flirtatious woman).

dampish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
    • All suddenly dim woxe the dampish ayre, / And griesly shadowes couered heauen bright [...].
  • Moderately damp or moist.

    • Derived terms

    * dampishly * dampishness

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    vampish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a vamp (flirtatious woman).