mummifyingn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈməməˌfaɪɪŋ/

Forms: see mummify v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mummify v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mummify v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier mummification n.

The action of mummify v.; mummification.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > mummifying

mummification1800

mummifying1866

1866 S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 42 Some highly artificial modes of interment, like mummyfying or burning.

1874 Overland Monthly July 29/1 The arts of carving wood and bone were brought into extensive requisition..and also a species of mummifying of the dead.

1911 Man 11 146 The spread of Christianity..led to the cessation of mummifying.

1991 R. Silverberg Thebes of Hundred Gates 50 No mummifying for that one, no tomb, no eternal life.

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

mummifyingadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈməməˌfaɪɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mummify v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < mummify v. + -ing suffix².

That mummifies or preserves a person or thing; that undergoes mummification. Also in extended use.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [adjective] > mummifying

mummifying1825

1825 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 115 306 In the state in which it was handed down to us by the Egyptian embalmers, dark, tanned, contracted, and impregnated with the mummifying ingredients.

1836 J. M. Gully in tr. F. Magendie Formulary (ed. 2) 199 This substance might be the mummifying principle of pyroligneous acid.

1969 J. Fowles French Lieutenant's Woman xx. 172 That strangely Egyptian quality among the Victorians; that claustrophilia we see so clearly in their enveloping, mummifying clothes.

1989 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 66/2 The winemaker's antiseptic sulphur dioxide, which has a mummifying effect on young wine.

1992 J. Hamilton-Paterson Seven-tenths iv. i. 124 Provided a sunken submarine remained watertight a trip down her interior..would probably reveal a majority of mummifying bodies.

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

单词	mummifying
释义	mummifyingn. Brit. /ˈmʌmᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməməˌfaɪɪŋ/ Forms: see mummify v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mummify v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mummify v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier mummification n. The action of mummify v.; mummification. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > mummifying mummification1800 mummifying1866 1866 S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 42 Some highly artificial modes of interment, like mummyfying or burning. 1874 Overland Monthly July 29/1 The arts of carving wood and bone were brought into extensive requisition..and also a species of mummifying of the dead. 1911 Man 11 146 The spread of Christianity..led to the cessation of mummifying. 1991 R. Silverberg Thebes of Hundred Gates 50 No mummifying for that one, no tomb, no eternal life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mummifyingadj. Brit. /ˈmʌmᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməməˌfaɪɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mummify v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < mummify v. + -ing suffix². That mummifies or preserves a person or thing; that undergoes mummification. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [adjective] > mummifying mummifying1825 1825 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 115 306 In the state in which it was handed down to us by the Egyptian embalmers, dark, tanned, contracted, and impregnated with the mummifying ingredients. 1836 J. M. Gully in tr. F. Magendie Formulary (ed. 2) 199 This substance might be the mummifying principle of pyroligneous acid. 1969 J. Fowles French Lieutenant's Woman xx. 172 That strangely Egyptian quality among the Victorians; that claustrophilia we see so clearly in their enveloping, mummifying clothes. 1989 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 66/2 The winemaker's antiseptic sulphur dioxide, which has a mummifying effect on young wine. 1992 J. Hamilton-Paterson Seven-tenths iv. i. 124 Provided a sunken submarine remained watertight a trip down her interior..would probably reveal a majority of mummifying bodies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866adj.1825
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