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zombitude

zombitude noun: the condition of being, resembling, or acting like a zombie.

Noun

zombitude (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being, resembling, or acting like a zombie.
    • What Ralph Lauren presents as scenes of plenitude Barney exposes as scenes of zombitude.1991 November, Rhonda Lieberman, “Tina Barney: Janet Borden, Inc”, in Artforum International, volume 30, number 3, page 136
    • A rambling depiction of a junkie’s descent into zombitude, A Scanner Darkly is set in the near future, but it clearly belongs to the overheated, drug-drenched ’70s, when supernal sci-fi author Philip K. Dick wrote this tale of narcs, paranoia and dire conspiracies.2006 July 14, David Hiltbrand, “Futuristic twist on a drug addict's spiral downward”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, page W4

Origin of zombitude

Possibly from French zombitude, or independently from zombie + -itude. Compare jerkitude, punkitude. Attested in English from the 20th century; see quotations below.

Questions about zombitude

What does zombitude mean?
Zombitude means the condition of being, resembling, or acting like a zombie.
What part of speech is zombitude?
Zombitude is a noun.

Words near zombitude in the dictionary

  1. zombifies
  2. zombify
  3. zombifying
  4. zombiism
  5. zombis
  6. zombitude
  7. zombocalypse
  8. Zombocalypses
  9. zomboid
  10. zomboids
  11. zombology

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