vampirine

English

Etymology

vampire +‎ -ine

Adjective

vampirine (comparative more vampirine, superlative most vampirine)

  1. vampiric
    • 2013, Richard Gravil, Reading Dickens's Bleak House, page 43:
      Krook is such an indispensable part of the symbolism of the book that when he spontaneously combusts another vampirine figure has to take his place; namely Vholes.
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