Mummy vs Skeleton - What's the difference?
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* 1978 , Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine , Routledge 1978, p. 253:
* 2006 , (Philip Ball), The Devil's Doctor , Arrow 2007, p. 360:
* 1837 , Mathew Carey, Vindiciae Hibernicae (page 116)
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,
* 2008 , Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen,, Mysteries Unwrapped: The Real Monsters ,
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,
(dated) To mummify.
(chiefly, UK, usually, childish) A child's term for mother .
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* 2004 , Dennis Child, Psychology and the Teacher , Continuum International Publishing,
* 2009 , , 2010,
(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
* 1883 , ,
A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
(figuratively) A very thin person.
(From the sled used, which originally was a bare frame, like a skeleton.) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first (compare luge). See
(computing) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
(geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton. See
(figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
(archaic) to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize
(archaic) to minimize
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As nouns the difference between mummy and skeleton
is that mummy is a substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh while skeleton is the system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.As verbs the difference between mummy and skeleton
is that mummy is to mummify while skeleton is to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize.As a proper noun Mummy
is one's mother.mummy
English
(wikipedia mummy)Etymology 1
From (etyl) mumie, from (etyl) momie, from .Noun
(mummies)- 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).
- Nonetheless, his book advertises many Paracelsian remedies, including laudanum, mummy , antimony and mercury.
- You may beat them to a mummy , you may put them upon the rack, you may burn them on a gridiron,
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.
page 2,
- Many people believed in the curse of the mummy , and soon, the curse had become an accepted part of Tut?s legend.
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.
Verb
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*Etymology 2
Diminutive of mum'', related to ''mom'' and ''mommy'', from ''mother .Noun
(mummies)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?”
page 188,
- Meeting mummy after this visit was not exactly easy.
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- “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??
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- 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 pornskeleton
English
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* sceletonNoun
(en-noun)- At the foot of a pretty big pine, and involved in a green creeper, which had even partly lifted some of the smaller bones, a human skeleton lay, with a few shreds of clothing, on the ground.
- She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.
- RMI Nomenclature: in RMI, the client helper is a 'stub' and the service helper is a 'skeleton'.
- She dressed up as a skeleton for Halloween.
- The skeleton of the organisation is essentially the same as it was ten years ago, but many new faces have come and gone.