mummy /ˈmʌm.i/noun 9verb 1forms 3 noun9 •(UK, India) a mother, especially when a small child is talking to her or about herMeeting mummy after this visit was not exactly easy. — 1927 •(informal) One's mother. •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.[…] Mr. Pearson proceeds to give a particular description of the very perfect mummy of an Ibis, which forms the chief subject of the present paper. — 1832 •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. — 1886 •A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. •(historical) 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). — 1978 •(no longer used) A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc. •(no longer used) A pulp.Going up to him, therefore, he laid hold on his lance, and breaking it, began to thresh him so severely, that, in spite of the resistance of his armour, he was almost beaten into mummy […]. — 1755 •(no longer used) A sort of wax used in grafting. verb1 •(old-fashioned) To mummify. formsmummied · mummying · mummies
