vampy

English

Etymology

From vamp +‎ -y.

Adjective

vampy (comparative vampier, superlative vampiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a vamp; tending toward indecency
    • 1988 November 18, Dorothy Samachson, “Moscow Classical Ballet”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      She was a wonderfully campy, vampy siren, and her double fouettes in the coda were breathtaking.
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