vampire

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

Etymology

From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr /ва̀мпӣр, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, further possibly from Proto-Turkic *ōpur (“glutton, witch, evil spirit”), or from native construction. Doublet of oupire.

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Synonyms

lamia

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