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vampirish

adj
/ˈvampʌɪɹɪʃ/UK

Etymology

From vampire + -ish.

  1. derived from *ōpur✻ — “glutton, witch, evil spirit”
  2. derived from *ǫpyrь✻
  3. derived from vàmpīr//ва̀мпӣр
  4. derived from Vampir
  5. borrowed from vampire
  6. suffixed as vampirish — “vampire + ish”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire

    Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire; photophobic, parasitic etc.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vampirish. 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