jumbie means A ghost or evil spirit. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
noun
- A ghost or evil spirit.“If one wants to see “jumbies” “duppies” ghosts, all that is necessary is to put in your eye the tears from the eyes of a pie-bald horse. It is no use explaining to a negro that what he has taken to be a “jumbie” or apparition, is a tree or rock or other natural object.”