Vampirish
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire; photophobic, parasitic etc.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From vampire + -ish.
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