vampirey

Definitions

Of, relating to, or characteristic of vampires.

informal

Examples

“Even though virtually every character in the novel, besides Cody, is a vampire, Vampire High is not at all a vampirey novel. Rees's vampires are born as vampires who marry⟳ and produce⟳ little vampires. Justin explains that they no longer kill⟳ for ...”

“I'd gotten fed up before, tired of the vampirey stuff I had to learn⟳ to accommodate, frightened of getting in deeper. Sometimes, I just wanted to see⟳ humans for a while. So for over three weeks, that was what I did. I didn't call⟳ Bill; he didn't call⟳ me.”

“(Too vampirey.) Yield⟳ to the forbidden music of my soul. (Way too vampirey.) Dear Chloe, please⟳ can I sink⟳ my teeth into your neck and drink⟳ your blood? (One step at a time, Nigel.)”

““Last⟳ week,” he says, “I sent 'The Winning Shot' to Temple Bar—a very ghastly Animal Magnetism vampirey sort⟳ of tale. It came back again but with a very complimentary letter, & Hogg says he should like⟳ to see⟳ it.””

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