Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as mummy, 2.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun historical A medicinal preparation of mummified human flesh; mummy.
  • noun historical An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.

Etymologies

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From Late Latin mummia, mumia.

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Examples

  • In italian, the word mummia pl. mummie stands for dead corpse who got "mummified" and didn't become skeleton.

    Zora la Vampira (Vampires vs. Mummies, Pt. II) 2005

  • La mummia /Grumo Nevano Italy : Grifo Edizioni, c2003.

    Archive 2007-05-01 David S. Carter 2007

  • La mummia /Grumo Nevano Italy : Grifo Edizioni, c2003.

    New Library Comics: Week of May 14, 2006 David S. Carter 2007

  • ‘plaudit’; and the low Latin ‘mummia’ (Webster) became ‘mummy’.

    English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

  • La mummia La tomba dell Imperatore Dragone 2008 iTA DVDRip XviD HAVEN [survivalofmisa] avi Beeld van Nederland DVD 2 Deel 1 1945 - 1950 DVD Rip Divxnl-team

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  • La mummia La tomba dell Imperatore Dragone 2008 iTA DVDRip XviD HAVEN [survivalofmisa] avi Beeld van Nederland DVD 2 Deel 1 1945 - 1950 DVD Rip Divxnl-team elect CatamesoviesVideosppsnimeudioComics

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  • La mummia La tomba dell Imperatore Dragone 2008 iTA DVDRip XviD HAVEN [survivalofmisa] avi Beeld van Nederland DVD 2 Deel 1 1945 - 1950 DVD Rip Divxnl-team

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