mummy

Meanings

Noun

• An embalmed human or 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 typical character in horror films.
• Any naturally preserved human or animal body.
• 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

• To mummify.

Origin

• From Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء, from Persian مومیا, from موم. mumijo.
• Diminutive of mum, related to mom and mommy, from mother.