vampy
adjective, noun
vampy is an adjective meaning “Resembling or characteristic of a vamp; tending toward indecency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-M-P-Y, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vampy mean?
adjective
- 1
Resembling or characteristic of a vamp; tending toward indecency.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of vampie (“a vampire”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vampy
- vampier comparative
- vampiest superlative
- vampies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vampy?
Vampy appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vampy come from?
From vamp + -y (adjectival suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).