[mum.my] n, pl mummies [ME mummie powdered parts of a mummified body used as a drug, fr. MF momie, fr. ML mumia mummy, powdered mummy, fr. Ar mumiyah bitumen, mummy, fr. Per mum wax] (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
[2]mummy chiefly Brit var of mommy