mummy
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mummy¹
- /ˈmʌm.i/
- /ˈməm.mi/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌmi
Where it comes from
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.
noun mummies
- 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. 1832, Royal Society (Great Britain), Abstracts of The Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, From 1800 to 1830 inclusive, Volume 1: 1800-1814, page 201, […] Mr. Pearson proceeds to give a particular description of the very perfect mummy of an Ibis, which for
- A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. For many, mummies fascinate more than repel. Our horrific connotations lie not so much with the mummy itself, but in associated fears. The mummy serves, of course, as a general reminder of our own mortality and our fear of death, but this alone is not enough to make it a monster.
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Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body.
'Mummy,' that is pounded ancient Egyptian, is, I believe, a pigment much used by artists, and especially by those of them who direct their talents to the reproduction of the works of the old masters.
Similar: mummy brown
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A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
Similar: mummy brown
- A pulp. Imagine twenty thouſand of them breaking into the midſt of an European Army, confounding the Ranks, overturning the Carriages, battering the Warriors Faces into Mummy, by terrible Yerks from their hinder Hoofs.
- A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh. Yet another scatological medicament was obtained from mummy, the material derived from a dried or embalmed human corpse, the most valuable being that imported from Mizraim (ancient Egypt).
- A sort of wax used in grafting.
verb mummies · mummying · mummied
- To mummify.
mummy²
- /ˈmʌm.i/
- /ˈməm.mi/ South Asia
Rhymes with -ʌmi
Where it comes from
From mum + -y (diminutive suffix), related to mom and mommy, from mother.
noun mummies · mommy · mummie
- mother. “Oh, mummy, would you like the loveliest daughter-in-law in the world? Oh, mummy, I must marry Flora Dewsley. But I know I am not nearly good enough, mummy. She knows nothing of the world and its wickedness, and I — Well, mummy, at school, a fellow learns everything. And no man is perfect, is he, mu
Mummy³
proper noun
- One's mother.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mamma, mater, mammy, momma, mum, mommy, mama, mom, ma, breast, honey, she, mother, mami, mam, moms
Translations
Every language
noun embalmed corpse
| Español | momia, chullpa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미라 mira |
| 日本語 | ミイラ mīra, 木乃伊 mīra |
| 中文 | 木乃伊 mùnǎiyī |
| हिन्दी | मम्मी mammī |
| Kiswahili | mumiani |
| Português | múmia |
| Français | momie |
| Deutsch | Mumie |
| Italiano | mummia |
| Ελληνικά | μούμια moúmia |
| Română | mumie |
| Русский | му́мия múmija |
| Tiếng Việt | xác ướp |
| العربية | مُومِيَاء mūmiyāʔ |
| עברית | מוּמְיָה |
noun child's term for mother
| Español | mamá |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 엄마 eomma, 어머니 eomeoni |
| 日本語 | お母さん okāsan, ママ mama |
| 中文 | 媽媽 /妈妈 māma, 娘 niáng |
| हिन्दी | अम्माँ ammā̃, माँ mā̃, माताजी mātājī |
| Português | mamãe, mamã |
| Français | maman |
| Deutsch | Mutti, Mama, Mami |
| Italiano | mamma |
| Ελληνικά | μαμά mamá |
| Română | mămică, măicuță, mamă |
| Русский | ма́ма máma, ма́мочка mámočka, ма́тушка mátuška |
| Tiếng Việt | uây khyếm mẹ, mẹ |
| العربية | مَامَا māmā, مَامَان māmān, أُمِّي ʔummī |
| עברית | אִמָא imma |
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title = {mummy},
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