Definition of jumbie in English:

jumbie

nounˈdʒʌmbiˈjəmbē

West Indian

A spirit of a dead person, typically an evil one.
〈西印度〉鬼，幽灵
Example sentencesExamples
- In Creole culture, evil spirits are known as jumbies, and it was hard to imagine three better examples than the government's main mouthpieces.
- There are folk beliefs in jumbies (ghosts, spirits).
- And why should our architects continue to fight over the restoration and preservation of a turn-of-the-century wooden building on Riverside Road, which only jumbies use?
- In areas where there is an absence of street lighting and little vehicular traffic it is said that jumbies abound, and it would take more than an average brave person to get home after midnight without company.
- Ficus trees, with numerous tangled root shoots and tall, dense crowns, were signature trees of the islands, well known as the favorite haunt of jumbies.

Origin

From Kikongo zumbi 'fetish'.

Definition of jumbie in US English:

jumbie

nounˈjəmbē

West Indian

A spirit of a dead person, typically an evil one.
〈西印度〉鬼，幽灵
Example sentencesExamples
- In Creole culture, evil spirits are known as jumbies, and it was hard to imagine three better examples than the government's main mouthpieces.
- In areas where there is an absence of street lighting and little vehicular traffic it is said that jumbies abound, and it would take more than an average brave person to get home after midnight without company.
- And why should our architects continue to fight over the restoration and preservation of a turn-of-the-century wooden building on Riverside Road, which only jumbies use?
- Ficus trees, with numerous tangled root shoots and tall, dense crowns, were signature trees of the islands, well known as the favorite haunt of jumbies.
- There are folk beliefs in jumbies (ghosts, spirits).

Origin

From Kikongo zumbi ‘fetish’.

词汇	jumbie
释义	Definition of jumbie in English: jumbie nounˈdʒʌmbiˈjəmbē West Indian A spirit of a dead person, typically an evil one. 〈西印度〉鬼，幽灵 Example sentencesExamples In Creole culture, evil spirits are known as jumbies, and it was hard to imagine three better examples than the government's main mouthpieces. There are folk beliefs in jumbies (ghosts, spirits). And why should our architects continue to fight over the restoration and preservation of a turn-of-the-century wooden building on Riverside Road, which only jumbies use? In areas where there is an absence of street lighting and little vehicular traffic it is said that jumbies abound, and it would take more than an average brave person to get home after midnight without company. Ficus trees, with numerous tangled root shoots and tall, dense crowns, were signature trees of the islands, well known as the favorite haunt of jumbies. Origin From Kikongo zumbi 'fetish'. Definition of jumbie in US English: jumbie nounˈjəmbē West Indian A spirit of a dead person, typically an evil one. 〈西印度〉鬼，幽灵 Example sentencesExamples In Creole culture, evil spirits are known as jumbies, and it was hard to imagine three better examples than the government's main mouthpieces. In areas where there is an absence of street lighting and little vehicular traffic it is said that jumbies abound, and it would take more than an average brave person to get home after midnight without company. And why should our architects continue to fight over the restoration and preservation of a turn-of-the-century wooden building on Riverside Road, which only jumbies use? Ficus trees, with numerous tangled root shoots and tall, dense crowns, were signature trees of the islands, well known as the favorite haunt of jumbies. There are folk beliefs in jumbies (ghosts, spirits). Origin From Kikongo zumbi ‘fetish’.
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