Definitions

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  • noun A vampire.

Etymologies

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From the Romani mulo ("dead (man)").

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Examples

  • (Out of curiosity I looked up the word 'mulo' in my English-Esperanto dictionary and found out it means 'mule') Other authors just play around with the vampire rules until they find something that works for their story.

    A Christian Vampire Novel? nissa_amas_katoj 2008

  • (Out of curiosity I looked up the word 'mulo' in my English-Esperanto dictionary and found out it means 'mule') Other authors just play around with the vampire rules until they find something that works for their story.

    Archive 2008-11-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2008

  • Hor. et mihi curto Ire licet mulo vel si libet usque

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Peregrinus mulo descendens stabulo includi, et manticam inferri jussit: qua aperta et coccineis sericis femoralibus extractis cum argento laciniato (Greek), his sese induit, statimque, acinaci in manu, ad forum deambulavit.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • Nequaquam, ait ille, in muli collum fraena demittens, et manibus ambabus in pectus positis, (mulo lente progrediente) nequaquam, ait ille respiciens, non necesse est ut res isthaec dilucidata foret.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • Peregrinus mulo descendens stabulo includi, et manticam inferri jussit: qua aperta et coccineis sericis femoralibus extractis cum argento laciniato (Greek), his sese induit, statimque, acinaci in manu, ad forum deambulavit.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • Nullam unquam habui, respondit peregrinus respiciens — seque comiter inclinans — hoc more gesto, nudam acinacem elevans, mulo lento progrediente, ut nasum tueri possim.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • Vespera quadam frigidula, posteriori in parte mensis Augusti, peregrinus, mulo fusco colore incidens, mantica a tergo, paucis indusiis, binis calceis, braccisque sericis coccineis repleta,

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • Vespera quadam frigidula, posteriori in parte mensis Augusti, peregrinus, mulo fusco colore incidens, mantica a tergo, paucis indusiis, binis calceis, braccisque sericis coccineis repleta,

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • Nequaquam, ait ille, in muli collum fraena demittens, et manibus ambabus in pectus positis, (mulo lente progrediente) nequaquam, ait ille respiciens, non necesse est ut res isthaec dilucidata foret.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

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