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vampiric

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See also: vampíric

English

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Etymology

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    From vampire + -ic.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /væmˈpɪɹɪk/
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    Adjective

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    vampiric (comparative more vampiric, superlative most vampiric)

    1. Having the traits of a vampire.
      • 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1], archived from the original on 7 March 2022:
        (Admittedly, the fact that Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s vampiric treasury secretary, was a Fury Road executive producer complicates this whole parallel. I don’t know what to do with that. Even pieces of shit can, I suppose, be involved with great things from time to time.)

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    Noun

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    vampiric (plural vampirics)

    1. (fantasy) A vampire or vampire-like creature.
      • 2015, D. C. McGannon, C. Michael McGannon, Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: Council of the Hunters, page 18:
        Vampirics kill to eat, not to play. Mostly.
      • 2020, Katlyne Marie, Unnatural, volume 1:
        You should know Jakob; you are one of the oldest Vampirics we have here besides Braedon and me.

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from French vampirique. By surface analysis, vampir + -ic.

      Adjective

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      vampiric m or n (feminine singular vampirică, masculine plural vampirici, feminine/neuter plural vampirice)

      1. vampiric

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      Declension of vampiric
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative
      indefinite vampiric vampirică vampirici vampirice
      definite vampiricul vampirica vampiricii vampiricele
      genitive-
      dative
      indefinite vampiric vampirice vampirici vampirice
      definite vampiricului vampiricei vampiricilor vampiricelor