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vampirism

noun

Etymology

From vampire + -ism.

  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 vampirism — “vampire + ism”

Definitions

  1. Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)

  2. The state of being a vampire.

  3. Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a…

    Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Extortion.

      • Treason, delusion, vampyrism, scoundrelism, from Dan to Beersheba!

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for vampirism. 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