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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vampirism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
vam-pirism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)

Uncountable

noun

The state of being a vampire.

Uncountable

noun

Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.

Uncountable

noun

Extortion.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrьder. Serbo-Croatian vampirbor. German Vampirbor. French vampirebor. English vampire Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English vampirism From vampire + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

vampirisms (plural) vampyrism (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

autovampirism

Questions

What does vampirism mean?
Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)
Where does vampirism come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrьder. Serbo-Croatian vampirbor. German Vampirbor. French vampirebor. English vampire Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English vampirism From vampire + -ism.

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