vampdom

noun

Etymology

From vamp + -dom.

  1. derived from avantpied
  2. derived from vampe
  3. inherited from vaumpe
  4. suffixed as vampdom — “vamp + dom

Definitions

  1. The state or quality or being a vamp.

    • In the annals of vampdom nobody comes close to her in that respect, except, perhaps remotely, Ann Sothern in her Maisie phase.
    • Now, arriving in the wilds of Argentina wearing a snazzy Parisian outfit, she gets down to the business of destroying every man in sight. Moreno, who had been trying hard to forget, confronts her with her vampdom.
    • In one of the prints a stout blonde in a low-cut cocktail gown leaned towards the camera, lips parted in a parody of vampdom.
  2. The state or quality or being a vampire.

    • But their vampire, Kralik, turns out to be insane. Restrained by Council members and dependent on the pills they dole out to him, he outsmarts his keepers and sires one into vampdom.
    • My bedroom is bright and airy. Or it was before the big change to vampdom. After that, I'd covered my windows with foil and thick green garbage bags, all of which is a real pain to take off.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vampdom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA