Mummy Definition

mŭmē
mummies
noun
mummies
A dead body preserved by embalming, as by the ancient Egyptians.
Webster's New World
Any dead body that has been naturally well preserved.
Webster's New World
Any thin, withered person regarded as looking like a mummy.
Webster's New World

Mother.

Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

One's mother.

I prefer Mummy when she doesn't shout at me.
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Other Word Forms of Mummy

Noun

Singular:
mummy
Plural:
mummies

Origin of Mummy

  • Middle English mummie resin obtained from embalmed corpses and used as medicine from Old French momie from Medieval Latin mumia from Arabic mūmiyā’, mūmiyā a kind of bitumen used to treat wounds and fractures, medicinal resin from mummies

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Alteration of mommy or mum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Mummy Sentence Examples

  • A word may be added about the use of mummy in medicine.

  • In most of the tombs is a chamber in which the mummy was placed, the Egyptian Christians at first continuing this method of preserving the bodies of their dead.

  • It was not till the 18th century that the importance of mummy in all its forms waned, and in some of the least progressive quarters of central Europe it survived even to the middle of the 19th.

  • In many cases the mummy had to be conveyed across the Nile, and boats were gaily decked out for this purpose.

  • Seqenenr is here a leading name; the mummy of the third Seqenenr, the earliest in.

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