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mummy, n. [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. m, fr. m wax.].
- A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Dried flesh of a mummy. Sir. J. Hill. [1913 Webster]
- A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. Shak.
Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] - A brown color obtained from bitumen. See
Mummy brown (below). [1913 Webster] - A sort of wax used in grafting, etc. [1913 Webster]
- One whose affections and energies are withered. [1913 Webster]
mummy, v. t.
To embalm; to mummify. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mummy, n. (pl. -ies) Brit. colloq. mother.
mummy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a body of a human being or animal embalmed for burial, esp. in ancient Egypt.
2 a dried-up body.
3 a pulpy mass (beat it to a mummy).
4 a rich brown pigment.
1 a body of a human being or animal embalmed for burial, esp. in ancient Egypt.
2 a dried-up body.
3 a pulpy mass (beat it to a mummy).
4 a rich brown pigment.
Etymology
F momie f. med.L mumia f. Arab. mumiya f. Pers. mum wax
DEVIL DICTIONARY
mummy
n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment. He is handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.
By means of the Mummy, mankind, it is said,
Attests to the gods its respect for the dead.
We plunder his tomb, be he sinner or saint,
Distil him for physic and grind him for paint,
Exhibit for money his poor, shrunken frame,
And with levity flock to the scene of the shame.
O, tell me, ye gods, for the use of my rhyme:
For respecting the dead what's the limit of time?
Scopas Brune
THESAURUS
mummy
ashes, biscuit, body, bone, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, corpse, corpus delicti, cracker, crowbait, dam, dead body, dead man, dead person, decedent, dry bones, dry up, dust, earth, embalmed corpse, food for worms, foster mother, genetrix, late lamented, ma, mam, mama, mammy, mater, materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mortal remains, mother, mummification, mummify, old lady, organic remains, parchment, relics, reliquiae, remains, shrivel, skeleton, stepmother, stick, stiff, tenement of clay, the dead, the deceased, the defunct, the departed, the loved one, the old woman, welter, wilt, wizenROGET THESAURUS
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Corpse
N corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones, defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay, mummy, carrion, food for worms, food for fishes, tenement of clay this mortal coil, shade, ghost, manes, organic remains, fossils, cadaverous, corpse-like, unburied, sapromyiophyllous.For further exploring for "mummy" in Webster Dictionary Online
