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vampish, a.|ˈvæmpɪʃ|
[f. vamp n.4 + -ish1.]
Suggestive or characteristic of a vamp. Hence ˈvampishness.
1922S. Ford Trilby May crashes In iv. 60, I have got something more over the footlights than just my ankles and a few vampish hip motions. 1922Observer 1 Oct. 5/4 ‘The Vavasour’ in ‘Strathmore’..out of pure vampishness makes a conquest of the hero. 1928Ibid. 15 July 12/4 Not international ‘stars’ of vampish wiles, but hundreds of Miss Betty Balfours should be sought and cherished. 1971Petticoat 24 July 24/3 At last a girl who admits that she would like to look vampish and look a ‘tramp’ or ‘tart’. 1972J. Wilson Hide & Seek ii. 36 Her crêpe dress, low-cut and forties style, very vampish and sexy. 1977Time 14 Mar. 32/1 That vampish young lady in black hardly looks like the type to drive a race car or ride a bucking bronco. |