zombies

noun

several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force

a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies

(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body

Roots

nzambizombi- · other · spirit of the dead, god

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