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zombie noun & verb. E19.
[Of Bantu origin: cf. JUMBY.]
A. noun.
Orig., a snake-deity in voodoo cults of or deriving from W. Africa and Haiti. Now (esp. in the W. Indies and southern US), a soulless corpse said to have been revived by witchcraft. E19.
A dull, apathetic, unresponsive, or unthinkingly acquiescent person. colloq. M20.
In the war of 1939-45, a man conscripted for home defence. Canad. Military slang (derog.). M20.
A long mixed drink consisting of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice. M20.
b. verb trans. Foll. by out: exhaust; disorientate. M20.
zombie-like adjective characteristic of or resembling a zombie; lifeless, unfeeling: M20.
zombi'esque adjective = zomboid L20.
zombifi'cation noun (colloq.) the process of turning somebody into a zombie L20.
zombified adjective (colloq.) made into a zombie; dull, apathetic: L20.
zombiism noun M20.
zomboid adjective (colloq.) zombie-like L20.