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mummy

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌm.i/

The English word “mummy” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.
  2. A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films.
  3. Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body.
  4. A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
  5. A pulp.
  6. A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
  7. A sort of wax used in grafting.
  8. mother.

verb

  1. To mummify.

Etymology

From Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”). Doublet of mumijo.

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