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
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most vampiric | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more vampiric | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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)