Толковый словарь английского языка - mummy
Mummy
mummy
I. noun (plural mummies) Etymology: Middle English mummie powdered parts of a mummified body used as a drug, from Anglo-French mumie, from Medieval Latin mumia ~, powdered ~, from Arabic mūmiya bitumen, ~, from Persian mūm wax Date: 1615 1. a body embalmed or treated for burial with preservatives in the manner of the ancient Egyptians, a body unusually well preserved, one resembling a ~, see: mommy
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1. n. (pl. -ies) Brit. colloq. mother. Etymology: imit. of a child's pronunc.: cf. MAMMA(1) 2. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a body of a human being or animal embalmed for burial, esp. in ancient Egypt. 2 a dried-up body. 3 a pulpy mass (beat it to a mummy). 4 a rich brown pigment. Etymology: F momie f. med.L mumia f. Arab. mumiya f. Pers. mum wax ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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