Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mummy

is the Egyptian word mum, wax; from the custom of anointing the body with wax and wrapping it in cerecloth. (Persian, momia, wax; Italian, mummia; French, momie.) (See Beaten.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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