mummy
Plural: mummies
Noun
- informal terms for a mother
- a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
- 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.
- A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films.
- Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body.
- Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body. (countable, uncountable, now rare) A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
- A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
- A pulp.
- A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
- A sort of wax used in grafting.
- mother.
Verb
Verb Forms: mummied, mummying, mummies
- To preserve a body as a mummy; to mummify.
- To mummify.
Examples
- After securing a huge lead, he managed to MUMMY his victory, leaving his opponent no chance.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 14
mummy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmummy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mummy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
mummy: valid Words With Friends Word