Dictionary

vamptastic en · ADJ

Etymology

From vamp + -tastic.

Meanings

1. (informal) Fantastic, in the context of vampires.
   • Even her vamptastic bat-patterned black leather footwear wasn’t enough to cheer her up, though . . . not when the adult vamps were acting more freaked out than ever. 2015, Sienna Mercer, Spooktacular!, page 95:
   • Good news for fans of the vamptastic Underworld franchise - original star Kate Beckinsale has confirmed that shell be making a cameo in the upcoming 3D addition to the series. 2010 May 14, “Premier”, in Home Cinema Choice, number 180, page 11:
   • It's official: Dakota Fanning will star in "New Moon," the sequel to the vamptastic “Twilght,” according to people.com. 2009 March 9, “Red Hot”, in RedEye Chicago, page 40:
2. (informal) Fantastic, in the context of vamps.
   • It’s also packed with noteworthy actors hamming it up: Johansson, Mendes and Vega are vamptastic noir creations but Jackson just flails about as The Octopus. 2010, Dennis Willis, Flick Nation: 2010 Movie Yearbook, page 223:
   • Such has always been the case: from the vamptastic and scantily clad Theda Bara as Cleopatra (1917) to the milk bath, gold chains, and lesbian dancing of Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross (1932) to the homoerotic bath of Crassus in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960), antiquity has provided an ambiguously liberated outlet for exploring contemporary fascinations – regardless of their historicity. 2015, Alex McAuley, “16 Gateways to Vice: Drugs and Sex in Rome”, in Monica Cyrino, editor, Rome Season Two: Trial and Triumph, unnumbered page:
   • Sarandon, left, and Deneuve: vamptastic 1998 February 17, Don Romesburg, “15 Years ago: Hungry for Deneuve”, in Advocate, number 753, page 10:

Forms

Hypernyms

fangtastic · fangalicious