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noun
Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
The state of being a vampire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Extortion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually
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noun
the actions or practices of a vampire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: action
noun
belief in the existence of vampires
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: belief
History
Etymology tree English vampire Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English vampirism From vampire + -ism.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
