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Definition of Mimic
1. Noun. Someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress).
2. Verb. Imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect. "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"
3. Adjective. Constituting an imitation. "The mimic warfare of the opera stage"
Definition of Mimic
1. a. Imitative; mimetic.
2. n. One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.
3. v. t. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
Definition of Mimic
1. Verb. to imitate, especially in order to ridicule ¹
2. Verb. (biology) to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage ¹
3. Noun. a person who practices mimicry, or mime ¹
4. Adjective. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative. ¹
5. Adjective. Mock, pretended. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mimic
1. to imitate closely [v -ICKED, -ICKING, -ICS]
Medical Definition of Mimic
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1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. "The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie." (Dryden)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mimic
Literary usage of Mimic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fine Arts by Gerard Baldwin Brown (1902)
"Evolution of the Drama from the mimic Dance ... More elaborate forms of the mimic
dance were also introduced at the religious festivals of the Greeks, ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and he strew'd to earth The rampart with all ease, as when a child Strews sand
upon the sea-shore ; mimic mounds He heaps in boyish sport, ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1766)
"and mimic, a Tale, ... and a bold declaration of the mimic':, resolution to renew
his ... mimic."
4. Historical and Biographical Essays by John Forster (1858)
"Very well, indeed, " Air. Smirk, addressing herself to me." Excellently worthy
of mention, too, is Sam Shift the mimic, who was indebted for his ultimate ..."
5. A History of Aesthetic by Bernard Bosanquet (1904)
"About the mimic dance very little need be Dance. ... In landscape gardening, as
in acting or the mimic dance, there is a collision between the natural ..."
6. Flame, Electricity and the Camera: Man's Progress from the First Kindling of by George Iles (1900)
"... when a mimic amused himself in echoing the growl of the beast Suppose such a
mimic to be a watcher ttn th« lookout from the topmost branch of an oak. ..."
7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1901)
"The numerous and excellent illustrations are well worthy of careful examination.
STILLER. DIE mimic DES MENSCHEN AUF GRUND ..."
8. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"New Statesman 8: 414-16 F 3 '17 Women's organizations and their civic activities
during war times. BL Priddy. Nat mimic R 6:570-1 S '17 ..."
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