vampirine

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English

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Etymology

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From vampire +‎ -ine.

Adjective

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vampirine (comparative more vampirine, superlative most vampirine)

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