Vampire Vocab

Today’s word is Eremitic (adj). Reclusive And the sentence: The eremitic vampire lurked in his den, while his mother fussed at him to get out of the house, get a life, or something.

Today’s word is: Littoral (adj.) A seashore or coastal region, pertaining to such. And the sentence: The vampire’s love of littoral scenes compounded his depression as he realized he would never see the sun, so often associated with the sea, again.

Today’s vocab word is: Seriatim: adv. In a series, one after another Ok, and the sentence: The traditionalist, OCD vampire who believed that vampires actually do have the crazy need to count everything around them, counted the scattered grains of rice seriatim. And that’s true…well, not the vampire: the fact that, in traditional myth, vampires [...]

I’ve been reading. The dictionary, that is. Along with Rare Words. Which has led me to a point in my life where words like “hedonistic” and “astute” which are the most interesting words one finds in most vampire novels, are no longer interesting. So let’s go “off book”. I’ll take a word I like, and [...]

Today’s word is… Nosferatu! The definition is… Nosferatu (noun) a hideously ugly vampire Etymology: Slavonic nosfur-atu I was surprised that this word existed. Is there really a such thing as an ugly vampire? It’s like an imaginary number: it might be out there, but we haven’t found it. Anyway, my reference. From One foot in [...]

Today’s word is… Convulsing! The definition is: con⋅vulse [kuhn-vuhls] –verb (used with object), -vulsed, -vuls⋅ing. 1. to shake violently; agitate. 2. to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc. 3. to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles. Origin: 1635–45; < L convulsus ptp. of convellere to shatter, tear loose, equiv. [...]

Today’s vocab word is… Ambivalent! The definition is… am⋅biv⋅a⋅lence /æmˈbɪvələns/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [am-biv-uh-luhns] –noun 1. uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. 2. Psychology. the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward [...]

Sorry this is late. I saved it accidentally as a draft, so I just actually published it. Today’s word of the day is… Taboo! The dictionary.com definition is… ta⋅boo /təˈbu, tæ-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [tuh-boo, ta-] adjective, noun, plural -boos, verb, -booed, -boo⋅ing. –adjective 1. proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: taboo words. 2. [...]

Today’s Vampire vocab word was suggested by my brother, so here it is… Oblivious! The definition is… ob⋅liv⋅i⋅ous /əˈblɪviəs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-bliv-ee-uhs] –adjective 1. unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually fol. by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration. 2. forgetful; without remembrance or memory: oblivious of my former failure. 3. Archaic. inducing forgetfulness. [...]