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vampy

adj

Etymology

Clipping of vampire + -y (diminutive suffix).

  1. derived from avantpied
  2. derived from vampe
  3. inherited from vaumpe
  4. suffixed as vampy — “vamp + y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a vamp

    Resembling or characteristic of a vamp; tending toward indecency.

    • She was a wonderfully campy, vampy siren, and her double fouettes in the coda were breathtaking.
    • Except that Evil Jeannie was a vampy, trampy slut, who goes around seducing another Air Force officer, named Biff, in the episode “My Sister, The Homewrecker.”

  2. Alternative spelling of vampie (“a vampire”).

    • If he pierced his skull he wouldn't be a vampy or a wolfie, he'd be a) dead. or b) a Redcap. heh heh heh
    • There once was a vampy named Chiller, / And oh! How those sherbets they thrilled her... / But we all know that candy / May be well and dandy, / But one day that sweet fang will kill her!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vampy. 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