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pantomimic, a. and n.|pæntəʊˈmɪmɪk|
[ad. L. pantomīmic-us, f. pantomīm-us: see -ic.]
A. adj.
1. Of the nature of pantomime or mimicry; expressed by dumb show.
a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 233 That counterfeits all pantomimic Tricks. 1788Warburton's Div. Legat. vi. Notes, Wks. III. 555 Pantomimic gesture was amongst the Romans one way of exhibiting a Dramatic Story. 1879Geo. Eliot Theo. Such xv. 268, I do not forgive myself for this pantomimic falsehood.
2. Of or belonging to the pantomime.
1805Wordsw. Prelude vii. 262 Music, and shifting pantomimic scenes, Diversified the allurement. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 194/2 Noverre, in France, distinguished himself likewise in the composition of pantomimic ‘ballets’. 1879Sala in Daily Tel. 30 May, The jury were moved to irresistible laughter when they were told that the Brothers Dare, Mr. Marquez Gonza, and the pantomimic Martinetti had far better, instead of flying through the air, have ‘devoted their attention to the Bar or the Church’.
b. Characteristic of or like a pantomime, in its quick or sudden transformations.
1895J. McCarthy in Forum June 453 Mr. C.'s change of front and change of opinions were something pantomimic in their swiftness, and their completeness, and their surprise.
B. n. = pantomime n. 1.
1617Middleton & Rowley Fair Quarrel iv. iv, I am acquainted with one of the pantomimics. 1689T. Plunket Char. Gd. Commander 24 Fools and Pantomimmicks bear the Bell. |