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Vinony

vampirism

noun

  1. affinity to drinking blood or draining other forms of energy
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)
  2. The state of being a vampire.
  3. Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.
  4. Extortion.

    “Treason, delusion, vampyrism, scoundrelism, from Dan to Beersheba!”