MUMMIFIES

Verb

mummifies

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mummify

'Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of love, sir. It merely mummifies its corpse.'

Source: Wiktionary


MUMMIFY

Mum"mi*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying.] Etym: [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.]

Definition: To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. Hall (1646).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 July 2024

DITHER

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”


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