单词 | vampirism |
释义 | vampirismn. The collective facts or ideas associated with the supposed existence and habits of vampires. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > malignant monster > [noun] > vampire > facts surrounding vampirism1794 1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia II. 63 The supposed existence..of witchcraft, vampyrism, animal magnetism and American tractors. 1819 J. W. Polidori Vampyre Introd. p. xxii The same measures were adopted with the corses of those persons who had previously died from vampyrism. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 66 Instances of Vampirism, which chiefly occurred in Hungary. 1872 J. S. Le Fanu In a Glass Darkly III. 262 He devoted himself to the..laborious investigation of the marvellously authenticated tradition of Vampirism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1794 |
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