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vampiric en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /væmˈpɪɹɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree French vampirebor. English vampire Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English vampiric From vampire + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Having the traits of a vampire.
    • (Admittedly, the fact that Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s vampiric treasury secretary, was a Fury Road executive producer complicates this whole parallel. I don’t know what to do with that. Even pieces of shit can, I suppose, be involved with great things from time to time.) 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022:

Forms

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most vampiric Degree=Sup lexicographic
more vampiric Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unvampiric · vampirically

Synonyms

vampirical · vampirey · vampirine

Translations (17)

ru вампири́ческий (vampiric) · it vampirico (vampiric) · pl wampirski (vampiric) · ca vampíric (vampiric) · eo vampira (vampiric) · sl vampírski (vampiric) · cs upírský (vampiric) · ru вампи́рский (vampiric) · fr vampirique (vampiric) · mk вампирски (vampiric) · sh vàmpīrskī (vampiric) · ro vampiric (vampiric) · es vampírico (vampiric) · sv vampyrisk (vampiric) · da vampyrisk (vampiric) · sh ва̀мпӣрскӣ (vampiric) · pt vampírico (vampiric)

vampiric en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /væmˈpɪɹɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree French vampirebor. English vampire Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English vampiric From vampire + -ic.

Meanings

  1. A vampire or vampire-like creature.
    • You should know Jakob; you are one of the oldest Vampirics we have here besides Braedon and me. 2020, Katlyne Marie, Unnatural, volume 1:
    • Vampirics kill to eat, not to play. Mostly. 2015, D. C. McGannon, C. Michael McGannon, Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: Council of the Hunters, page 18:

Forms

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vampirics Number=Plur lexicographic