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vampirish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈvampʌɪɹɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree French vampirebor. English vampire Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English vampirish From vampire + -ish.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire; photophobic, parasitic etc.
   • Flaherty based the vampirish character – secretly the sideline of SCTV news anchor Floyd Robertson – on an actual 1950s horror host from his native Pittsburgh, KDKA-TV's "Igor," similarly depicted by moonlighting staff announcer George Eisenhauer. 2009 February 17, Rob Salem, “Disc an homage to horror hosts”, in Toronto Star:
   • The "N. Khodataev Group" is credited with the 1927 "We'll Keep Our Eyes Peeled," about the mounting threat of war, at least as perceived by the Soviets, from the vampirish capitalists of Western Europe. 2007 March 13, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs”, in New York Times:
   • In London, when the pasty light of dawn had stained the ceiling above the curtain pole, he would listen with vampirish panic to the squealing and rumbling of distant juggernauts, and then to the nearby whining of a milkcart, and eventually to the slamming doors of cars bearing children to school, or real men to work in factories and banks. 1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador, published 2006, page 227:

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