mummiformadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmᵻfɔːm/, U.S.

/ˈməməˌfɔrm/

Forms: 1800s mumiform, 1800s– mummiform, 1900s– mummyform (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin mumiformis , mummy n.¹, -form comb. form².

Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin mumiformis (P. A. Latreille Cours d'Entomol. (1831) 282) < mumia mummy n.¹ + -formis -form comb. form². In sense 2 < mummy n.¹ + -form comb. form², after French momiforme (1887 in the passage translated in quot. 1887 at sense 2).

†1. Entomology. Of a pupa: obtect. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mumiformis, applied by Latreille to the nymphæ of the Lepidoptera..: mumiform.

2. gen. Resembling or shaped like a mummy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [adjective] > of sarcophagus: shaped like mummy

mummiform1887

1887 A. B. Edwards tr. G. Maspero Egypt. Archæol. 279 The mummiform type of sarcophagus is rarely met with.

1903 Amer. Hist. Rev. 9 122 This alleged fourth-dynasty coffin is mummiform and had a mummy's face and head.

1970 Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1969 15 Purchased: A bronze statuette of a mummiform Egyptian deity.

1985 W. Golding Egyptian Jrnl. i. 10 The anthropomorphic, the mummiform coffins that stared at us with all the awesomeness of death.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mummiform
释义	mummiformadj. Brit. /ˈmʌmᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈməməˌfɔrm/ Forms: 1800s mumiform, 1800s– mummiform, 1900s– mummyform (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin mumiformis , mummy n.¹, -form comb. form². Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin mumiformis (P. A. Latreille Cours d'Entomol. (1831) 282) < mumia mummy n.¹ + -formis -form comb. form². In sense 2 < mummy n.¹ + -form comb. form², after French momiforme (1887 in the passage translated in quot. 1887 at sense 2). †1. Entomology. Of a pupa: obtect. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mumiformis, applied by Latreille to the nymphæ of the Lepidoptera..: mumiform. 2. gen. Resembling or shaped like a mummy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [adjective] > of sarcophagus: shaped like mummy mummiform1887 1887 A. B. Edwards tr. G. Maspero Egypt. Archæol. 279 The mummiform type of sarcophagus is rarely met with. 1903 Amer. Hist. Rev. 9 122 This alleged fourth-dynasty coffin is mummiform and had a mummy's face and head. 1970 Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1969 15 Purchased: A bronze statuette of a mummiform Egyptian deity. 1985 W. Golding Egyptian Jrnl. i. 10 The anthropomorphic, the mummiform coffins that stared at us with all the awesomeness of death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1857
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