vampirish
/ˈvampʌɪɹɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire; photophobic, parasitic etc.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈvampʌɪɹɪʃ/
Inflected Forms
more vampirish (comparative)
most vampirish (superlative)