Zumbi
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Zumbi is a noun meaning Alternative form of jumbie (“a ghost or spirit”).
Meaning
Alternative form of jumbie (“a ghost or spirit”).
More Meanings
- (rare) Nonstandard spelling of zombie.
Example Sentences
and thus there was no danger of the Zumbi, or ghost killing men by reapparition.
The patients duly offered a banquet to appease the zumbi, but in Modena’s view the only purpose of the ritual was to invoke the demon.
as a libation, it would appear, to the zumbi or n’zumbi of the other world, by and with whom they always deem themselves surrounded and connected.
Word Forms
- zumbis
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quilombo, senzala, jumbi, caboclo, farimba, zabumba.
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