mummiform
English edit
Etymology edit
From mummy + -form, after French momiforme.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌmɪfɔːm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌmɪfɔɹm/
Adjective edit
mummiform (not comparable)
- Having the shape of a mummy. [from 19th c.]
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
- Its mummiform torso is covered with bull testicles or breasts in canine profusion.
- 1996, LaMar C. Berrett, Discovering the World of the Bible, page 296:
- After opening shrines, a stone sarcophagus, and mummiform coffins, they finally viewed the mummified body of Tutankhamon.
Noun edit
mummiform (plural mummiforms)
- A mummy-shaped object.