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vampyrism

vampyrism is the archaic form of vampirism.

Meaning of vampirism

Noun

vampirism (usually uncountable, plural vampirisms)

  1. (usually) Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)
  2. (usually) The state of being a vampire.
  3. (usually) Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.
  4. (figuratively, usually) Extortion.
    • Treason, delusion, vampyrism, scoundrelism, from Dan to Beersheba!1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter II, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book III (The Tuileries), page 108

Questions about vampyrism

What is vampyrism the archaic form of?
Vampyrism is the archaic form of vampirism.

Words near vampyrism in the dictionary

  1. vampyre
  2. vampyrellid
  3. vampyrellids
  4. vampyres
  5. vampyric
  6. vampyrism
  7. vampyromorph
  8. vampyromorphid
  9. vampyromorphids
  10. vampyromorphs
  11. vampyropod

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