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mummy | fossil |

As nouns the difference between mummy and fossil

is that mummy is a substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh while fossil is the mineralized remains of an animal or plant.

As a verb mummy

is to mummify.

As a proper noun Mummy

is one's mother.

mummy

English

(wikipedia mummy)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mumie, from (etyl) momie, from .

Noun

(mummies)
  • * 1978 , Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine , Routledge 1978, p. 253:
    • Yet another scatological medicament was obtained from mummy , the material derived from a dried or embalmed human corpse, the most valuable being that imported from Mizraim (ancient Egypt).
  • * 2006 , (Philip Ball), The Devil's Doctor , Arrow 2007, p. 360:
    • Nonetheless, his book advertises many Paracelsian remedies, including laudanum, mummy , antimony and mercury.
  • * 1837 , Mathew Carey, Vindiciae Hibernicae (page 116)
    • You may beat them to a mummy , you may put them upon the rack, you may burn them on a gridiron,
  • An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.
  • * 1832 , Royal Society (Great Britain), Abstracts of The Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, From 1800 to 1830 inclusive , Volume 1: 1800-1814, page 201,
    • Mr. Pearson proceeds to give a particular description of the very perfect mummy of an Ibis, which forms the chief subject of the present paper.
  • * 2008 , Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen,, Mysteries Unwrapped: The Real Monsters , page 2,
    • Many people believed in the curse of the mummy , and soon, the curse had become an accepted part of Tut?s legend.
  • Any naturally preserved human or animal body.
  • (obsolete, horticulture) A sort of wax used in grafting.
  • Specifically, a reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a typical character in horror films.
  • * 2007 , S. T. Joshi, Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares , Volume 1, page 376,
    • For many, mummies' fascinate more than repel. Our horrific connotations lie not so much with the '''mummy''' itself, but in associated fears. The ' mummy serves, of course, as a general reminder of our own mortality and our fear of death, but this alone is not enough to make it a monster.
    Related terms
    * mummification * mummiform * mummify * mummia

    Verb

  • (dated) To mummify.
    • See also
    *

    Etymology 2

    Diminutive of mum'', related to ''mom'' and ''mommy'', from ''mother .

    Noun

    (mummies)
  • (chiefly, UK, usually, childish) A child's term for mother .
  • * 1926 , , Volume 198, page 9,
    • “Oh, mummy', would you like the loveliest daughter-in-law in the world? Oh, '''mummy''', I must marry Flora Dewsley. But I know I am not nearly good enough, ' mummy . She knows nothing of the world and its wickedness, and I — Well, mummy, at school, a fellow learns everything. And no man is perfect, is he, mummy?”
  • * 1927 , , Volume 155, page 188,
    • Meeting mummy after this visit was not exactly easy.
  • * 2003 , , 2010, unnumbered page,
    • “What?s your problem, you little shit? Proud of yourself, for ruining Mummy'?s life?” I was careful to use the insipid falsetto the experts commend. “You?ve got Daddy snowed, but ' Mummy ?s got your number. You're a little shit, aren?t you??
  • * 2004 , Dennis Child, Psychology and the Teacher , Continuum International Publishing, page 91,
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  • * 2009 , , 2010, unnumbered page,
    • Darla stared at her father and said, Mummy', '''Mummy''', ' Mummy !
    Marjorie wheezed and said, Father. You. Are. Filthy !
    Joe said Daddy?s muddy! Daddy?s muddy!
    Darla stared at the darkened doorway where Howard stood, saying, Mummy', '''Mummy''', ' Mummy , each time a little louder, each time a bit more shrilly,.
    Alternative forms
    * mommy (US)
    Derived terms
    * mummy's boy * mummy porn

    fossil

    English

    (wikipedia fossil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
  • (paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author=John T. Jost , title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)? , volume=100, issue=2, page=162 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.}}
  • (linguistics) A fossilized term.
  • (figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.

    • Derived terms

    * * * fossilisation, fossilization * fossilise, fossilize * * * * * *

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