Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a vampire.

Etymologies

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vampire +‎ -like

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Examples

  • During that time, he lived a vampirelike existence, rarely seeing the light of day.

    Obama’s Wars Bob Woodward 2010

  • The vampirelike beings in The Fairy Hunt may also reflect the early nineteenth-century belief that sufferers of consumption were vampire-afflicted: sensitivity to bright light, swollen red eyes, very pale skin and the characteristic bloody cough were all symptoms that fed this belief.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • The vampirelike beings in The Fairy Hunt may also reflect the early nineteenth-century belief that sufferers of consumption were vampire-afflicted: sensitivity to bright light, swollen red eyes, very pale skin and the characteristic bloody cough were all symptoms that fed this belief.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • The vampirelike beings in The Fairy Hunt may also reflect the early nineteenth-century belief that sufferers of consumption were vampire-afflicted: sensitivity to bright light, swollen red eyes, very pale skin and the characteristic bloody cough were all symptoms that fed this belief.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • Once Alexia explains what happened to her, it becomes clear that this was no ordinary vampire - not only was he ill-mannered but also uneducated (for he did not even know what a preternatural was!) and most unrefined (for he had a rather un-vampirelike lisp).

    Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009

  • The vampirelike beings in The Fairy Hunt may also reflect the early nineteenth-century belief that sufferers of consumption were vampire-afflicted: sensitivity to bright light, swollen red eyes, very pale skin and the characteristic bloody cough were all symptoms that fed this belief.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • The vampirelike beings in The Fairy Hunt may also reflect the early nineteenth-century belief that sufferers of consumption were vampire-afflicted: sensitivity to bright light, swollen red eyes, very pale skin and the characteristic bloody cough were all symptoms that fed this belief.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • It was as though his brain was sucking the knowledge, vampirelike, from the books.

    HIGHER INSTITUTE OF VILLAINOUS EDUCATION Mark Walden 2006

  • It was as though his brain was sucking the knowledge, vampirelike, from the books.

    HIGHER INSTITUTE OF VILLAINOUS EDUCATION Mark Walden 2006

  • It was as though his brain was sucking the knowledge, vampirelike, from the books.

    HIGHER INSTITUTE OF VILLAINOUS EDUCATION Mark Walden 2006

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