zombitudeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

zombitude (uncountable)

1. The condition of being, resembling, or acting like a zombie.
   • 2006 July 14, David Hiltbrand, “Futuristic twist on a drug addict's spiral downward”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, page W4:

     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.

   • 2009 April 18, Monica Hesse, “Pride, prejudice and zombies: Jane Austen updated”, in Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ontario, page D20:

     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.

   • 2014, Joseph Di Prisco, Subway to California, page 197:

     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.