Meaning of vampiry | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of vampirey.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“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.”

“Miss⟳ Gladys Hatch, as Theda Bara, was very vampiry with her purple robes and onyx jewels.”

““Where Do They Get⟳ ’Em,” sung by Teresa Adams, who has a soft “vampiry” little voice with an appeal all its own⟳, scored heavily.”

“I regularly receive⟳ a catalog of Victorian goodies to buy⟳—some of which are a little vampiry and Gothic novel[-]ish, many which are simply loveable and for which I am a total sucker—like⟳ dolls and water pitchers.”

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