zombie-esqueadj.
/ˌzɒmbɪˈɛsk/, U.S. /ˌzɑmbiˈɛsk/ Resembling or suggestive of a zombie; zombie-like.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective]
unfeelingc1000
dead?c1225
unwitlessc1225
insensiblec1400
unfeelablec1400
unfredeablec1450
insensate?1520
blatea1522
deaf?1527
unsensible1531
inanimatea1555
senseless1557
unsensate1561
sleeping1562
insensitive1610
unsensitive1610
torpid1613
inanimated1646
torpent1647
unperceptive1668
feelless1684
insentient1764
unsentient1768
sensationless1824
apathic1835
non-sensitive1836
zombie-like1932
zombie-esque1946
zomboid1963
zombied1972
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > malignant monster > [adjective] > of or like a zombie
zombie-like1932
zombie-esque1946
zomboid1963
zombified1965
zombied1972
1946 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 29 June 41/2 Other endings are found in barterable, fissionable, and unenlightenable;..in zombiesque;..and in hysteroid and survivaloid.
1948 R. Graves White Goddess xiii. 203 The mechanical style, which began in the counting-house, has now infiltrated into the university, some of its most zombiesque instances occurring in the works of eminent scholars and divines.
1972 Vogue Jan. 7/3 Ponderax..sidetracks the appetite but leaves the character..muted, zombiesque.
2020 Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 Aug. a2 We're all a bit zombie-esque, pandemic refugees, if—yeah-yeah—in this together.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1946