mummiform

adj, noun — 2 senses

mummiform

adj

UK /ˈmʌmɪfɔːm/ · US /ˈmʌmɪfɔɹm/

Etymology From mummy + -form, after French momiforme.

1

Having the shape of a mummy.

  • Its mummiform torso is covered with bull testicles or breasts in canine profusion.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
  • After opening shrines, a stone sarcophagus, and mummiform coffins, they finally viewed the mummified body of Tutankhamon.1996, LaMar C. Berrett, Discovering the World of the Bible, page 296:

mummiform

noun

Etymology From mummy + -form, after French momiforme.

1

A mummy-shaped object.

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