n.
Pronunciation: ' m ə -m ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural mummies
Etymology: Middle English mummie powdered parts of a mummified body used as a drug, from Anglo-French mumie, from Medieval Latin mumia mummy, powdered mummy, from Arabic m ū miya bitumen, mummy, from Persian m ū m wax
Date: 1615
1 a : a body embalmed or treated for burial with preservatives in the manner of the ancient Egyptians b : a body unusually well preserved
2 : one resembling a mummy