"vampiry" meaning in English

See vampiry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more vampiry [comparative], most vampiry [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} vampiry (comparative more vampiry, superlative most vampiry)
  1. Alternative spelling of vampirey. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: vampirey
    Sense id: en-vampiry-en-adj-gxD~xJ4t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "She was gotten up in a vampiry way. She’s enameled her face until it was the whitest thing you ever saw and her lips were red—terribly! She had black hair and she wore jet earrings and a black hat and dress.",
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          "ref": "1916 October 21, “‘Fame’ to a Packed House. The Minute Circle’s Benefit at the Auditorium a Hit. Lucien Denni Adds Another Success to His List of Musical Productions—Stars of the Moving Picture Screen Were Imitated.”, in The Kansas City Times, volume 79, number 253, Kansas City, Mo., section “Billie Burke and Theda Bara”, page 3, column 3:",
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          "ref": "1918 April 22, “Cadillac—Burlesque”, in The Detroit Free Press, volume 83, number 207, Detroit, Mich., page 4, column 4:",
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