Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vampiroid

/ˈvæm.paɪ.əˌɹɔɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vam-piroid
IPA: /ˈvæm.paɪ.əˌɹɔɪd/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who emulates the imagined lifestyle of a vampire, generally as part of a subculture or alternative lifestyle.

Example Sentences

"His estimate of the number of vampiroids — people who think they are vampires, or have similar characteristics — is less precise, but he reckons there are between 10,000 and 20,000 resident in North America […]"
"A vampiroid is a human who embraces and identifies with what he or she assumes is a vampiristic lifestyle based largely on what is depicted in films and literature. Vampiroids become totally seduced by the vampire mythology […]"
"Despite the high proportion of relatively harmless vampiroids that exist, there are those that portray psychotic behaviour and will go to great extremes to carry out their beliefs."

Etymology

From vampire + -oid, coined by paranormal investigator Stephen Kaplan.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vampire

Inflected Forms

vampiroids (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce vampiroid?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvæm.paɪ.əˌɹɔɪd/.
What does vampiroid mean?: A person who emulates the imagined lifestyle of a vampire, generally as part of a subculture or alternative lifestyle.
Where does vampiroid come from?: From vampire + -oid, coined by paranormal investigator Stephen Kaplan.

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