undead/ʌnˈdɛd/EtymologyFrom Middle English undede, equivalent to un- + dead. The first attestation is from around 1400. The term was revived, popularized, and imbued with supernatural connotations by its usage in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897).adjNot dead; alive.Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.Being animate, though non-living.“When Anna and John finally break out of their self-centered bubbles to the shock that they must battle to the death an undead neighbor in a giant snowman costume, it plays like a poignant comment on movie teenagers' tendency to indulge their inner lives, ignorant of the world around them.”nounA creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate.“In the zombie movie, an army of the undead accosted some unsuspecting teenagers.”