vampiroid
/ˈvæm.paɪ.əˌɹɔɪd/
vampiroid noun: a person who emulates the imagined lifestyle of a vampire, generally as part of a subculture or alternative lifestyle.
Noun
vampiroid (plural vampiroids)
- A person who emulates the imagined lifestyle of a vampire, generally as part of a subculture or alternative lifestyle.
- His estimate of the number of vampiroids — people who think they are vampires, or have similar characteristics — is less precise, but he reckons there are between 10,000 and 20,000 resident in North America […]1989, Brian J. Frost, The Monster with a Thousand Faces
- A vampiroid is a human who embraces and identifies with what he or she assumes is a vampiristic lifestyle based largely on what is depicted in films and literature. Vampiroids become totally seduced by the vampire mythology […]2002, Antonio Mendoza, Teenage Rampage: The Worldwide Youth Crime Explosion, page 167
Forms of vampiroid
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Origin of vampiroid
From vampire + -oid, coined by paranormal investigator Stephen Kaplan.
Questions about vampiroid
- What does vampiroid mean?
- Vampiroid means a person who emulates the imagined lifestyle of a vampire, generally as part of a subculture or alternative lifestyle.
- What part of speech is vampiroid?
- Vampiroid is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vampiroid?
- Vampiroid is pronounced /ˈvæm.paɪ.əˌɹɔɪd/.
- What is the plural of vampiroid?
- The plural of vampiroid is vampiroids.
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