Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of cocktail: A mixed drink typically containing several kinds of rum, fruit juice, and often apricot liqueur.
   • An automaton-like person: Someone who acts, moves, or responds in a mechanical, emotionless, or apathetic way.
   • A reanimated corpse: In folklore and popular culture, a dead body that has been brought back to a state of animation, often by supernatural means, and is typically under the control of another.
   • A supernatural entity in Vodou: A spirit or supernatural force, often associated with a god (loa) in Vodou (voodoo) cults of African origin, especially in the West Indies, believed to be capable of reanimating a dead body.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Cocktail):
  • He ordered a zombi at the tiki bar.
• Noun (Automaton-like person):
  • After working 16 hours straight, he moved through the office like a zombi.
  • Only a zombi wouldn't have been moved by the speech.
• Noun (Reanimated corpse):
  • The movie featured a horde of zombis shambling through the city.
• Noun (Vodou spirit):
  • The ceremony was intended to call upon the zombi.

Advanced Usage

• "Zombi state": A condition of extreme lethargy, apathy, or lack of awareness.
  • The repetitive work put him in a zombi state.
• "Zombi apocalypse": A common theme in fiction describing a catastrophic, worldwide rise of reanimated corpses.
  • The novel is set during a zombi apocalypse.

Variants and Related Words

• Zombie (n): The more common modern spelling for all meanings of "zombi".
• Zombification (n): The process of turning someone or something into a zombi.
  • The virus caused the zombification of the population.
• Zombie-like (adj): Resembling or characteristic of a zombi.
  • She had a zombie-like stare.

Synonyms

• Automaton: A person who acts in a mechanical, routine manner.
• The living dead: A phrase for reanimated corpses.
• Loa: A general term for a spirit in Vodou; a specific zombi spirit is a type of loa.

Related Phrases

• To feel like a zombi: To feel extremely tired, drained, or devoid of emotion.
  • After the exam, I felt like a zombi.
• Zombi mode: A state of functioning on autopilot without conscious thought.
  • I was in zombi mode for my morning commute.

Noun

1. several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
2. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
   • only an automaton wouldn't have noticed
3. a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
4. a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
5. (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body