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vampirine

vampirine adjective: vampiric.

Adjective

vampirine (comparative more vampirine, superlative most vampirine)

  1. vampiric
    • 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.2013, Richard Gravil, Reading Dickens's Bleak House, page 43

Forms of vampirine

comparativemore vampirine
superlativemost vampirine

Origin of vampirine

From vampire + -ine.

Questions about vampirine

What does vampirine mean?
Vampirine means vampiric.
What part of speech is vampirine?
Vampirine is an adjective.

Words near vampirine in the dictionary

  1. vampiricide
  2. vampiricides
  3. vampirics
  4. vampirina
  5. vampirinas
  6. vampirine
  7. vampiring
  8. vampirisation
  9. vampirisations
  10. vampirise
  11. vampirised

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