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vampire | vampirey |

As a noun vampire

is "vampires".

As an adjective vampirey is

of, relating to, or characteristic of vampires.

vampire

English

(wikipedia vampire)

Alternative forms

* (archaic) vampyre

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mythological undead creature said to feed on the blood of the living.
  • (colloquial) A person with the medical condition , colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity, brownish-red stained teeth, and increased night vision.
  • A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus )

    • Synonyms

    * (mythological creature) nosferatu, lamia, cadaver sanguine * (bat) vampire bat * (blood drinker) hemovore, hematophagous

    Derived terms

    * vampire bat * vampiress * vampiric * vampirism

    Related terms

    * vamp

    See also

    * werewolf * bloodsucker * hemovore * * (Common vampire bat) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * (Desmodus rotundus) * The meaning of the word "vampire"

    References

    Anagrams

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    vampirey

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or characteristic of vampires.
  • * 2006 , Deborah Wilson Overstreet, Not Your Mother's Vampire: Vampires in Young Adult Fiction , Scarecrow Press (ISBN 9781461670148), page 44
    • Even though virtually every character in the novel, besides Cody, is a vampire, Vampire High is not at all a vampirey novel. Rees&
  • 39;s vampires are born as vampires who marry and produce little vampires. Justin explains that they no longer kill for ...
  • * 2009 , Charlaine Harris, Living Dead In Dallas: A True Blood Novel , Hachette UK (ISBN 9780575089396)
    • I&
  • 39;d gotten fed up before, tired of the vampirey stuff I had to learn to accommodate, frightened of getting in deeper. Sometimes, I just wanted to see humans for a while. So for over three weeks, that was what I did. I didn't call Bill; he didn't call me.
  • * 2010 , Tim Collins, Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire: Because the Undead Have Feelings Too! , Simon and Schuster (ISBN 9781442423183)
    • (Too vampirey'.) Yield to the forbidden music of my soul. (Way too ' vampirey .) Dear Chloe, please can I sink my teeth into your neck and drink your blood? (One step at a time, Nigel.)
  • * 2013 , Arthur Conan Doyle, Vampire Stories , Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. (ISBN 9781628731453)
    • “Last week,” he says, “I sent &
  • 39;The Winning Shot' to Temple Bar—a very ghastly Animal Magnetism vampirey sort of tale. It came back again but with a very complimentary letter, & Hogg says he should like to see it.”

    • Hypernyms

    * monstery

    Derived terms

    * (l)