vamptastic

English

Etymology

From vamp +‎ -tastic.

Adjective

vamptastic (comparative more vamptastic, superlative most vamptastic)

1. (informal) Fantastic, in the context of vampires.

   Hypernyms: fangalicious, fangtastic

   • 2009 March 9, “Red Hot”, in RedEye Chicago‎, page 40:

     It's official: Dakota Fanning will star in "New Moon," the sequel to the vamptastic “Twilght,” according to people.com.

   • 2010 May, “Premier”, in Home Cinema Choice‎, number 180, page 11:

     Good news for fans of the vamptastic Underworld franchise - original star Kate Beckinsale has confirmed that shell be making a cameo in the upcoming 3D addition to the series.

   • 2015, Sienna Mercer, Spooktacular!‎, page 95:

     Even her vamptastic bat-patterned black leather footwear wasn’t enough to cheer her up, though . . . not when the adult vamps were acting more freaked out than ever.

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2. (informal) Fantastic, in the context of vamps.
   • 1998 February 17, Don Romesburg, “15 Years ago: Hungry for Deneuve”, in Advocate‎, number 753, page 10:

     Sarandon, left, and Deneuve: vamptastic

   • 2010, Dennis Willis, Flick Nation: 2010 Movie Yearbook‎, page 223:

     It’s also packed with noteworthy actors hamming it up: Johansson, Mendes and Vega are vamptastic noir creations but Jackson just flails about as The Octopus.

   • 2015, Alex McAuley, “16 Gateways to Vice: Drugs and Sex in Rome”, in Monica Cyrino, editor, Rome Season Two: Trial and Triumph‎, unnumbered page:

     Such has always been the case: from the vamptastic and scantily clad Theda Bara as Cleopatra (1917) to the milk bath, gold chains, and lesbian dancing of Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross (1932) to the homoerotic bath of Crassus in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960), antiquity has provided an ambiguously liberated outlet for exploring contemporary fascinations – regardless of their historicity.

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