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mort-vivant — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • undead adjective Neither fully alive nor truly dead — animated despite being a corpse, as in folklore and fiction.

Senses

mort-vivant is used for these senses in English:

  • undead (horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.
  • undead (horror and fantasy fiction) A creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate.

undead — full definition

  1. adjective Neither fully alive nor truly dead — animated despite being a corpse, as in folklore and fiction.
  2. noun A being that is undead, such as a vampire or zombie.
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