vampiry

comparative more vampiry · superlative most vampiry

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of vampirey.

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

   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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   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.

   1910 October 2, Mae Tinee, “It’s Solemn Rite with Actor When He Has Picture Taken”, in The Chicago Sunday Tribune, volume LXIX, number 40, section II, page 9, column 1

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

   1918 April 22, “Cadillac—Burlesque”, in The Detroit Free Press, volume 83, number 207, Detroit, Mich., page 4, column 4

   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.

   2004, Barbara Sher, “Victorian items and Victorian settings”, in Barbara Sher’s Idea Book: How to Discover What You Really Want (Even if You Have No Clue), New York, N.Y.: Genius Press Unltd., →ISBN, page 208