undeath
nounEtymology From un- + death, on the pattern of undead.
1
The state of being undead.
- After the vampire bit me, I passed from life to undeath.
2
The moment of passing into an undead state.
- "That invitation was made before your death. Or undeath. Or whatever you call it." "Rebirth," he whispered. "Begone!"2012 March 1, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, The Vampire Megapack: 27 Modern and Classic Vampire Stories, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 414:
- No one could decide for certain whether the specimen as a whole were alive or dead, only that some organ function remained and the cells continued to regenerate, albeit at a much slower rate than before their death. Or undeath.2021, Hailey Piper, Queen of Teeth:
- Related terms
- unlife