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

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mummied p. pr. & vb. n. Mummying. ] To embalm; to mummify. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

妈咪

[妈咪 / 媽咪, mā mī, ㄇㄚㄇㄧ]Mummy (mother)#9236[Add to Longdo]

木乃伊

[木乃伊, mù nǎi yī, ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄞˇ ㄧ]mummy (preserved corpse)#30257[Add to Longdo]

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

Mumm { m } [ ugs. ]

strength; spunk; guts[Add to Longdo]

Mummenschanz { m }

disguise; masquerade[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT 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)[Add to Longdo]

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[Add to Longdo]

即身仏

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

木乃伊

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

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