Definitions
(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Bram Stoker's novel Dracula built on centuries-old stories of vampires and also encouraged new growth of the mythology.”
“The universal belief is, that a person sucked by a vampyre becomes a vampyre himself, and sucks in his turn.”
“From my laboratory in the Castle east To the master bedroom, where the vampires feast The ghouls all came from their humble abodes To get a jolt from my electrodes They did the Mash They did the Monster Mash.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Undead bloodsucker”7 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
V______