Mummy vs. Mammy

Mummynoun

(countable) An embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.

Mummynoun

A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a typical character in horror films.

Mummynoun

Any naturally preserved human or animal body.

Mummynoun

A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.

Mummynoun

A pulp.

Mummynoun

A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.

Mummynoun

A sort of wax used in grafting.

Mummynoun

mother.

Mummyverb

To mummify.

Mummynoun

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.

Mummynoun

Dried flesh of a mummy.

Mummynoun

A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; - formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.

Mummynoun

A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

Mummynoun

A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

Mummynoun

One whose affections and energies are withered.

Mummyverb

To embalm; to mummify.

Mummynoun

informal terms for a mother

Mummynoun

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

Mummy

A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the use of the term to bodies deliberately embalmed with chemicals, but the use of the word to cover accidentally desiccated bodies goes back to at least 1615 AD (see the section Etymology and meaning).

Mammynoun

(childish) mamma; mother

Mammynoun

In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.

Mammynoun

A child's name for mamma, mother.

Mammynoun

an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.

Mammynoun

informal terms for a mother