v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Mummed p. pr. & vb. n. Mumming. ] [ D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum, mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech occasioned by talking from behind a mask. Cf. Mumble, Mummery. ] To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask. [ 1913 Webster ]

With mumming and with masking all around. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mummer

n. [ Cf. OF. mommeur. See Mumm, and cf. Momier. ] One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jugglers and dancers, antics, mummers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mummery

n.; pl. Mummeries [ F. momerie, of Dutch or German origin. See Mumm. ] 1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mummery of foreign strollers. Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mummichog

n. [ Amer. Indian name. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; -- called also minnow. [ Written also mummychog, mummachog. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Mummification

n. [ See Mummify. ] The act of making a mummy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mummified

a. Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mummiform

a. [ Mummy + -form. ] Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in Zoology, said of the pupae of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mummify

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mummified p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying ] [ Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier. ] To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. Hall (1646). [ 1913 Webster ]

mummify

v. i. To turn into a mummy-like corpse; to dry up with unusually little decomposition; -- said of dead animals; as, A mummified body was found in the attic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Mummy

n.; pl. Mummies [ F. momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. momia, It. mummia; all fr. Per. mūmiyā, fr. mūm 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dried flesh of a mummy. [ Obs. ] Sir. J. Hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties. [ Obs. ] Shak. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Gardening) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. One whose affections and energies are withered. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

mummery

(n) meaningless ceremonies and flattery, Syn. flummery

mummichog

(n) silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States, Syn. Fundulus heteroclitus

mummification

(n) a condition resembling that of a mummy, Example:bureaucratic mummification in red tape

mummification

(n) embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy

mummify

(v) preserve while making lifeless, Example:mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of

mummify

(v) remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it, Example:Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs

mummify

(v) dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture, Syn. dry up, Example:a mummified body was found

mummy

(n) a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

妈咪

[妈咪 / 媽咪, mā mī] Mummy (mother) #9236

木乃伊

[木乃伊, mù nǎi yī] mummy (preserved corpse) #30257

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

カノポス壺;カノプス壺;カノープス壺

[カノポスつぼ(カノポス壺);カノプスつぼ(カノプス壺);カノープスつぼ(カノープス壺), kanoposu tsubo ( kanoposu tsubo ); kanopusu tsubo ( kanopusu tsubo ); kano-pusu tsu] (n) Canopic jar; Canopic vase (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy)

ミイラ取りがミイラになる

[ミイラとりがミイラになる, miira toriga miira ninaru] (exp) intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy

即身仏

[そくしんぶつ, sokushinbutsu] (n) monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

木乃伊

[ミイラ(P);みいら, miira (P); miira] (n) (uk) mummy (por

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Mumm { m } [ ugs. ]

strength; spunk; guts

Mummenschanz { m }

disguise; masquerade

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