Mummy word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "mummy" word

[noun] a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
[noun] informal terms for a mother

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\Mum"my\, n.; pl. {Mummies}. [F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. m?miy[=a], fr. m?m wax.] 1. 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. 2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [Obs.] --Sir. J. Hill. 3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. [Obs.] --Shak. --Sir T. Herbert. 4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See {Mummy brown} (below). 5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc. 6. One whose affections and energies are withered. {Mummy brown}, a brown color, nearly intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umber. A pigment of this color is prepared from bitumen, etc., obtained from Egyptian tombs. {Mummy wheat} (Bot.), wheat found in the ancient mummy cases of Egypt. No botanist now believes that genuine mummy wheat has been made to germinate in modern times. {To beat to a mummy}, to beat to a senseless mass; to beat soundly.
\Mum"my\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mummied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mummying}.] To embalm; to mummify.

Synonyms for mummy

ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mater, mom, momma, mommy, mum

See also: body | dead body | female parent | mother |

Related terms: 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, wizen

The fun area, different aproach to word »mummy«

Let's analyse "mummy" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YMMUM. Average typing speed for these characters is 1250 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -- ..- -- -- -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: mummy: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 (or 1 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: mummy: 4 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 7 = 22, reduced: 22, and the final result is Twenty-Two.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
M (3)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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