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vampire

[ vam-pahyuhr ]

noun

  1. a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
  2. (in Eastern European folklore) a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned.
  3. a person who preys ruthlessly upon others; extortionist.
  4. a woman who unscrupulously exploits, ruins, or degrades the men she seduces.
  5. an actress noted for her roles as an unscrupulous seductress:

    the vampires of the silent movies.



vampire

/ ˈvæmpaɪə; væmˈpɪrɪk /

noun

  1. (in European folklore) a corpse that rises nightly from its grave to drink the blood of the living
  2. a person who preys mercilessly upon others, such as a blackmailer
  3. See vamp 1
  4. theatre a trapdoor on a stage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • vampiric, adjective
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  • ±¹²¹³¾Â·±è¾±°ù·¾±³¦ [vam-, pir, -ik], ±¹²¹³¾Â·±è¾±°ù·¾±²õ³ó [vam, -pahy, uh, r-ish], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vampire1

First recorded in 1725–35; from French or directly from German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian ±¹Ã ³¾±èÄ«°ù, alteration of earlier upir (by confusion with doublets such as vÈzdÅ«h, È•zdÅ«h “air†(from Slavic ±¹Å­- ), and with intrusive nasal, as in dùbrava, dumbrÈva “groveâ€); akin to Czech ³Ü±èí°ù, Polish ³Ü±è¾±Ã³°ù, Old Russian upyrÄ­, upirÄ­ ( Russian ³Ü±èý°ùʾ ), from unattested Slavic ³Ü-±è¾±°ùÄ­ or Ç«-±è¾±°ùÄ­, probably a compound noun formed with unattested root per- “fly, rush†(literal meaning variously interpreted)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vampire1

C18: from French, from German Vampir, from Magyar; perhaps related to Turkish uber witch, Russian upyr vampire
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