lamia

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Noun
  • In Coogler’s cinematic and musical world of vampire horror, the Chinese characters are deeply integrated into the Delta’s Black community, dancing alongside Black partygoers.
    Erika Hayasaki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
  • The Wicked actress will star as the titular vampire, as well as the 22 other roles, in an adaptation of Dracula set to debut in London’s West End in February 2026, per Deadline.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 13 May 2025
Noun
  • In that spirit, here are 11 essential tips to sharpen your skills, take the edge of the early slog, and unlock your full potential while going medieval on demons.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Angie is constantly fighting her many other demons.
    Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • It was filled with hideous props — ghouls and skeletons crafted of balsa wood, wax, and papier-mâché.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The episode continues the momentum with an extended stalker-vision first-person shot, as an unseen person creeps inexorably into an unidentified home at night, eventually revealing the Empire ghoul who tortured our gal Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) last season.
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That lady is really the aforementioned murderous hag (Meredith Binder), her false veneer of youthful beauty reinforced by a magic mirror’s flattering (if also caustic) topless female spirits, and sustained via grisly methods seemingly inspired by Elizabeth Bathory.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 May 2025
  • Several get small charts offering ideas to inspire how the monster could be used, such as what strange price a hag might have for its secrets or what an owlbear might keep in its den beyond treasure.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
  • That includes, but is not limited to...actual humans, DMs, AI bots or succubus demons.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Rose Field begins where the second book, The Secret Commonwealth leaves off: Lyra alone in a city full of daemons, or physical projections of a person's soul, looking for Pantalaimon as her mentor, Malcolm Polstead, searches for her.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The computer daemon operates in a similar manner, continuously working behind the scenes to keep processes going and to address service requests.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The Devil’s Museum, a satellite of the main collection, has amassed more than 3,000 depictions of demons, evil spirits and incubus from around the world.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.
    Candace Bushnell, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And Dot — well, Dot keeps an imp in an old wine bottle.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Combining animation and live action, the film continues the adventures of the magical imp Pumuckl.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Lamia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamia. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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