vampyre
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Archaic and pseudo-archaic form of vampire.
Example Sentences
- "The Servians paint crosses with tar on the doors of houses and barns to keep out vampyres."
- "Although "gothic," "dark fetish," "faerie," "Wiccan" and "Celtic" are all acceptable garb, patrons (most of whom are in their 20's and 30's) usually opt for "vampyre" or simply all black. […] (Vampyres like to spell their name with the "y" to distinguish themselves from literary or Hollywood vamps.)"
- "Most of Manhattan's 4,000 vampires - or "vampyres", as Huston prefers to call them - have organised themselves into clans: […]"