vampy

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English

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Etymology

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From vamp +‎ -y.

Adjective

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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[1]:
      She was a wonderfully campy, vampy siren, and her double fouettes in the coda were breathtaking.