Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zombitude

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zom-bi-tude
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being, resembling, or acting like a zombie.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"What Ralph Lauren presents as scenes of plenitude Barney exposes as scenes of zombitude."
"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."
"The beauty of this side plot is that it’s true to Charlotte’s character. Austen drew her so completely that we know she would bear her zombitude with quiet grace."
"But in my experience, there is no such thing as mild when it comes to this drug. […] The it that produces zombie natter and zombie love, zombie argumentation and zombie play, […] Sticking your head through the chain-link fence zombitude to get at some."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: zombitude
Suffix: zombie

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does zombitude mean?: The condition of being, resembling, or acting like a zombie.
Where does zombitude come from?: It is traced to French.

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