vampirically

vampirically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English vampire
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English vampiric
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English vampirically

    From vampiric + -ally.

    Adverb

    vampirically (comparative more vampirically, superlative most vampirically)

    1. In a vampiric fashion.
      • 1991, Philip Shaw, Peter Stockwell, Subjectivity and Literature from the Romantics to the Present Day:
        She believed that the seance was an arena in which power was vampirically transferred between medium and spirit.

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