mummia

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mummia

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From Late Latin mummia, mumia.

noun mummias

  1. countable, historical, uncountable A medicinal preparation of mummified human flesh; mummy. "Now let us partake of the holy mummia," he said in commanding tones and the dervishes advanced towards us humbly bearing large silver trays on which were a number of small bowls with pieces of mummia – or at least I presumed it was mummia.
  2. countable, historical, uncountable An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.

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@misc{mummia_2026,
  title = {mummia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mummia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}