zombie

zombie
also zombi noun Etymology: Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole zonbi, of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu nzúmbe ghost Date: circa 1871 1. (usually zombi) a. the supernatural power that according to voodoo belief may enter into and reanimate a dead body b. a will-less and speechless human in the West Indies capable only of automatic movement who is held to have died and been supernaturally reanimated 2. a. a person held to resemble the so-called walking dead; especially automaton b. a person markedly strange in appearance or behavior 3. a mixed drink made of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice • zombielike adjective

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  • zombie — (n.) 1871, of West African origin (Cf. Kikongo zumbi fetish; Kimbundu nzambi god ), originally the name of a snake god, later with meaning reanimated corpse in voodoo cult. But perhaps also from Louisiana creole word meaning phantom, ghost, from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • zombie — s. 2 g. O mesmo que morto vivo. • Plural: zombies.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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  • Zombie — This article is about the figure from Haitian religion. For the figure from films such as Night of the Living Dead , see Zombie (fictional). For the philosophical concept, see Philosophical zombie. For other uses, see Zombie (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

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