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undeath

undeath noun: the state of being undead.

Noun

undeath (uncountable)

  1. The state of being undead.
    • After the vampire bit me, I passed from life to undeath.
  2. The moment of passing into an undead state.
    • "That invitation was made before your death. Or undeath. Or whatever you call it." "Rebirth," he whispered. "Begone!"2012 March 1, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, The Vampire Megapack: 27 Modern and Classic Vampire Stories, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 414
    • No one could decide for certain whether the specimen as a whole were alive or dead, only that some organ function remained and the cells continued to regenerate, albeit at a much slower rate than before their death. Or undeath.2021, Hailey Piper, Queen of Teeth

Origin of undeath

From un- + death, on the pattern of undead.

Questions about undeath

What does undeath mean?
Undeath means the state of being undead.
What part of speech is undeath?
Undeath is a noun.

Words near undeath in the dictionary

  1. undean
  2. undeaned
  3. undeaning
  4. undeans
  5. undear
  6. undeath
  7. undeathliness
  8. undebarred
  9. undebased
  10. undebatable
  11. undebatably

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