zumbi
Syllables: zum·bi
zumbi is the alternative form of jumbie.
zumbi is the nonstandard spelling of zombie.
Meaning of jumbie
Noun
jumbie (plural jumbies)
- A ghost or evil spirit.
- If one wants to see “jumbies” “duppies” ghosts, all that is necessary is to put in your eye the tears from the eyes of a pie-bald horse. It is no use explaining to a negro that what he has taken to be a “jumbie” or apparition, is a tree or rock or other natural object.1882, G.H. Hawtayne, “Occasional notes: West Indian Folk-lore”, in Timehri: Being the Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana, volume 1, page 145
Meaning of zombie
Noun
zombie (plural zombies)
- A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own, typically being slow, obedient, and harmless unless directed to be harmful.
- Betsy Connell: I don't know about zombies, doctor. Just what is a zombie? / Dr. Maxwell: A ghost. A living dead. It's also a drink.1943, Curt Siodmak, Ardel Wray, I Walked with a Zombie (motion picture)
- Synonyms:
- living dead
- A dead person, reanimated through some fictional agency as a fungus, virus, or the like, that has an insatiable desire to eat living humans, typically depicted as aggressive, fast moving, and infectious.
- Ashley: Dad passed on a few years back. He's probably still watching, though.
Shepard: He's not a zombie, is he?2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: SSV Normandy
- Synonyms:
- deadhead, walker, walking dead, zed
- Ashley: Dad passed on a few years back. He's probably still watching, though.
- An apathetic or slow-witted person.
- A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.
- After working for 18 hours on the computer, I was a zombie.
- Someone or something that should be dead but is not.
- I would advise anyone who does not share its politics — surely the great majority of gay men and lesbians — to shun NOLAG for the anachronistic zombie it is.1982 February 13, Wayne Dynes, “Unnatural”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 4
- An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement.
- Synonyms:
- intellectual prostitute
Proper noun capitalized: Zumbi
Zumbi
- The famous leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in Brazil, South America.
Forms of zumbi
| plural | zumbis |
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Words formed from zumbi
Questions about zumbi
- What does zumbi mean?
- Zumbi means the famous leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in Brazil, South America.
- What is zumbi the alternative form of?
- Zumbi is the alternative form of jumbie.
- What part of speech is zumbi?
- Zumbi is a proper noun.
Words near zumbi in the dictionary
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