undead

Meanings

Adjective

• Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
• Being animate, though non-living.

Noun

• Those creatures which are undead; that is, dead yet still animate.
• A creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate.

Origin

• From Middle English undede, equivalent to un- + dead. The first attestation is from around 1400. Usage as a noun is attested from the early 20th century onwards.