[vam.pire] n [F, fr. G Vampir, fr. Serbo-Croatian vampir] (1734) 1: the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep
2. a: one who lives by preying on others b: a woman who exploits and ruins her lover
3: vampire bat -- vam.pir.ish adj