zombified, adj.

zombified
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First published 2005

# zombifiedadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zombified mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zombified. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the adjective zombified?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

2017 | 0.054
2018 | 0.05
2019 | 0.051
2020 | 0.053
2021 | 0.057
2022 | 0.058
2023 | 0.063
2024 | 0.065

### How is the adjective zombified pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɒmbᵻfʌɪd/
ZOM-buh-fighd

#### U.S. English

/ˈzɑmbəˌfaɪd/
ZAHM-buh-fighd

### Where does the adjective zombified come from?

Earliest known use

1960s

The earliest known use of the adjective zombified is in the 1960s.

OED's earliest evidence for zombified is from 1965, in Esquire Magazine.

zombified is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zombify v., ‑ed suffix1.

### Nearby entries

1. Zöllner, n. 1890–
2. zollverein, n. 1843–
3. zolotnik, n. 1783–
4. zombie, n. 1788–
5. zombie apocalypse, n. 1982–
6. zombied, adj. 1972–
7. zombie-esque, adj. 1946–
8. zombie-like, adj. & adv. 1932–
9. zombie worm, n. 2005–
10. zombification, n. 1968–
11. zombified, adj.1965–
12. zombify, v. 1950–
13. zombocalypse, n. 2007–
14. zomboid, adj. 1963–
15. zom-com, n. 2004–
16. zomotherapeutic, adj. 1900–
17. zomotherapy, n. 1900–
18. zona, n. 1706–
19. zona ignea, n. 1818–
20. zonal, adj. 1867–
21. zonality, n. 1909–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
< zombify v. + ‑ed suffix1.

## Meaning & use

1. 1965–
   Transformed into a zombie. Chiefly in extended use (cf. zombie n. I.3a, zombify v.).
   1. 1965

      > Brutally lit extreme close-ups that make everybody look zombified.

      Esquire December 94/3
   2. 1974

      > Mr. Dwoskin has directed his zombified performers to pause between each sentence.

      New York Times 5 December 57/2
   3. 1991

      > Hundreds..of exhausted, screaming kids and their zombified parents.

      New Yorker 16 September 28/1
   4. 2003

      > The zombified populace start to assist the aliens in their hunt for a criminal who can change shape at will.

      Cult Times May 40/3
   1. zombie-like 1932–
      Characteristic of or resembling (that of) a zombie; lifeless, unfeeling.
   2. zombie-esque 1946–
      Resembling or suggestive of a zombie; zombie-like.
   3. zomboid 1963–
      Resembling or suggestive of a zombie; zombie-like.
   4. zombified 1965–
      Transformed into a zombie. Chiefly in extended use (cf. zombie, n. I.3a, zombify, v.).
   5. zombied 1972–
      = zombified, adj. Also with out.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɒmbᵻfʌɪd/
ZOM-buh-fighd

### U.S. English

/ˈzɑmbəˌfaɪd/
ZAHM-buh-fighd

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Forms

### Variant forms

1. 1900s–
   zombiefied, zombified

## Frequency

zombified typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zombified is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zombified, adj., 1960–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1960 | 0.0008
1970 | 0.0016
1980 | 0.002
1990 | 0.002
2000 | 0.0023
2010 | 0.0029

### Frequency of zombified, adj., 2017–2024

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Modern frequency series are derived from a corpus of 20 billion words, covering the period from 2017 to the present. The corpus is mainly compiled from online news sources, and covers all major varieties of World English.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the corpus.

Period | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
2017 | 0.054
2018 | 0.05
2019 | 0.051
2020 | 0.053
2021 | 0.057
2022 | 0.058
2023 | 0.063
2024 | 0.065

zombified, adj. was first published in June 2005.

zombified, adj. was last modified in July 2023.