morto-vivo — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
morto-vivo is used for these senses in English:
- living dead (fiction, usually with the) The undead; zombies, vampires, etc.
- undead (horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.
- undead (horror and fantasy fiction) A creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate.
- zombie (computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.
undead — full definition
- adjective Neither fully alive nor truly dead — animated despite being a corpse, as in folklore and fiction.
- noun A being that is undead, such as a vampire or zombie.
zombie — full definition
- noun In folklore and fiction, a reanimated corpse controlled by magic or driven by a mindless urge to attack the living.
- noun A person who seems dazed, slow, or lifeless, especially from exhaustion.
- noun A computer secretly infected with malware and remotely controlled by an attacker, usually as part of a larger network.