imitativeadj.n.

/ˈɪmɪteɪtɪv/

Etymology: < late Latin imitātīvus, < imitārī (see -ative suffix); compare French imitatif.

A. adj.

a. Characterized by or consisting in imitation. imitative arts, the arts of painting and sculpture; imitative word, a word which reproduces a natural sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective]

imitative1573

imitating1591

mimeticala1617

emulous1667

eicastic1669

mimetic1669

imitative1700

imitational1833

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun]

arts of imitation1638

design1638

art1668

fine arts1686

imitative arts1753

designation1796

fine art1804

beaux arts1821

visual art1857

machine art1945

picturedom1945

1573 Life Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos sig. A vij There are three kinde of stiles in a Poeme, ether Actiue, ether Imitatiue which Graecians call Dramaticum.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 79 Ploughing is an imitative Toil, Resembling Nature in an easie Soil.

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xi. 91 It is allowed by the most skilful in the imitative arts.

1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 185 This is the error..of merely imitative painters of still life, flowers, &c.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ii. 15 Words which are evidently imitative, like ‘peewit’.

b. Const. of.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective]

imitative1573

imitating1591

mimeticala1617

emulous1667

eicastic1669

mimetic1669

imitative1700

imitational1833

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 44 This Temple..Was imitative of the first in Thrace.

1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. i. i. v. 93 Some of them are..directly imitative of the timber construction.

1867 R. Broughton Not Wisely, but too Well II. ii. 36 Walking..in a manner feebly imitative of the human gait.

2. Given to imitation; prone to imitate, copy, or mimic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > given or prone to imitation

mimetic1637

imitative1752

1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 216 The human mind is of a very imitative nature.

1827 W. Gifford Ford's Plays Introd. 36 At present, we are become an imitative, not to say a mimic, race.

1837 S. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 249 Human beings are very imitative.

3. That imitates the appearance of something else; simulative; fictitious; counterfeit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [adjective] > artificial or made in imitation of what is real

artificialc1425

unnatural1610

mimical1624

mimic1625

faux1684

mimetic1756

sham1762

imitative1839

imitation1840

mocked-up1919

synthetic1930

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective]

counterfeitedc1385

counterfeitc1386

trothlessa1393

bastard1397

forged1484

apocryphate1486

adulterate?a1509

mockisha1513

sophisticate1531

adulterine1542

adulterous1547

mock1548

forbate1558

coined1582

firking1594

feigned1598

adulterated1610

apocryphal1612

spurious1615

usurpeda1616

impostured1619

mock-madea1625

suppository1641

affictitious1656

pasteboard1659

sophisticated1673

flam1678

Brummagem1679

sham1681

belieda1718

fictitious1739

Birmingham1785

pinchbeck1790

brummish1803

Brum1805

flash1812

spurious1830

bogus1839

imitative1839

dummy1846

doctored1853

postiche1854

pseudo1854

Brummagemish1855

snide1859

inauthentic1860

fake1879

bum1884

Brummie1886

tin1886

filled1887

duff1889

faked1890

shicec1890

margarine1891

dud1904

Potemkin village1904

mocked-up1919

phoney baloney1936

four-flushing1942

bodgie1956

moody1958

disauthentic1960

bodgied1988

bodgied-up1988

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxv. 245 Dazzling articles of imitative jewellery, almost equal to real.

†B. n.

(See quot. 1678) Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Imitatives, in Grammar, those sort of Verbs which express any kind of Imitation; as Patrissare, to take after the Father, or imitate his actions, humor, or fashion.

Derivatives

ˈimitatively adv. in an imitative manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adverb]

imitably1616

mimically1623

mimetically1647

imitatively1879

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator v. 279 If plants are employed as ornaments they must not be treated imitatively.

ˈimitativeness n. imitative quality.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > imitativeness

mimicalness1647

imitancy1832

imitativenessa1846

a1846 Martineau cited in Worcester for *Imitativeness.

a1849 E. A. Poe H. B. Hirst in Wks. (1864) III. 209 His chief sin is imitativeness.

1973 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 7/2 The imitativeness in these films is even more striking than their lack of artistry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	imitative
释义	imitativeadj.n. /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪv/ Etymology: < late Latin imitātīvus, < imitārī (see -ative suffix); compare French imitatif. A. adj. 1. a. Characterized by or consisting in imitation. imitative arts, the arts of painting and sculpture; imitative word, a word which reproduces a natural sound. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] imitative1573 imitating1591 mimeticala1617 emulous1667 eicastic1669 mimetic1669 imitative1700 imitational1833 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] arts of imitation1638 design1638 art1668 fine arts1686 imitative arts1753 designation1796 fine art1804 beaux arts1821 visual art1857 machine art1945 picturedom1945 1573 Life Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos sig. A vij There are three kinde of stiles in a Poeme, ether Actiue, ether Imitatiue which Graecians call Dramaticum. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 79 Ploughing is an imitative Toil, Resembling Nature in an easie Soil. View more context for this quotation 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xi. 91 It is allowed by the most skilful in the imitative arts. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 185 This is the error..of merely imitative painters of still life, flowers, &c. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ii. 15 Words which are evidently imitative, like ‘peewit’. b. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] imitative1573 imitating1591 mimeticala1617 emulous1667 eicastic1669 mimetic1669 imitative1700 imitational1833 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 44 This Temple..Was imitative of the first in Thrace. 1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. i. i. v. 93 Some of them are..directly imitative of the timber construction. 1867 R. Broughton Not Wisely, but too Well II. ii. 36 Walking..in a manner feebly imitative of the human gait. 2. Given to imitation; prone to imitate, copy, or mimic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > given or prone to imitation mimetic1637 imitative1752 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 216 The human mind is of a very imitative nature. 1827 W. Gifford Ford's Plays Introd. 36 At present, we are become an imitative, not to say a mimic, race. 1837 S. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 249 Human beings are very imitative. 3. That imitates the appearance of something else; simulative; fictitious; counterfeit. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [adjective] > artificial or made in imitation of what is real artificialc1425 unnatural1610 mimical1624 mimic1625 faux1684 mimetic1756 sham1762 imitative1839 imitation1840 mocked-up1919 synthetic1930 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective] counterfeitedc1385 counterfeitc1386 trothlessa1393 bastard1397 forged1484 apocryphate1486 adulterate?a1509 mockisha1513 sophisticate1531 adulterine1542 adulterous1547 mock1548 forbate1558 coined1582 firking1594 feigned1598 adulterated1610 apocryphal1612 spurious1615 usurpeda1616 impostured1619 mock-madea1625 suppository1641 affictitious1656 pasteboard1659 sophisticated1673 flam1678 Brummagem1679 sham1681 belieda1718 fictitious1739 Birmingham1785 pinchbeck1790 brummish1803 Brum1805 flash1812 spurious1830 bogus1839 imitative1839 dummy1846 doctored1853 postiche1854 pseudo1854 Brummagemish1855 snide1859 inauthentic1860 fake1879 bum1884 Brummie1886 tin1886 filled1887 duff1889 faked1890 shicec1890 margarine1891 dud1904 Potemkin village1904 mocked-up1919 phoney baloney1936 four-flushing1942 bodgie1956 moody1958 disauthentic1960 bodgied1988 bodgied-up1988 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxv. 245 Dazzling articles of imitative jewellery, almost equal to real. †B. n. (See quot. 1678) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Imitatives, in Grammar, those sort of Verbs which express any kind of Imitation; as Patrissare, to take after the Father, or imitate his actions, humor, or fashion. Derivatives ˈimitatively adv. in an imitative manner. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adverb] imitably1616 mimically1623 mimetically1647 imitatively1879 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator v. 279 If plants are employed as ornaments they must not be treated imitatively. ˈimitativeness n. imitative quality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > imitativeness mimicalness1647 imitancy1832 imitativenessa1846 a1846 Martineau cited in Worcester for Imitativeness. a1849 E. A. Poe H. B. Hirst* in Wks. (1864) III. 209 His chief sin is imitativeness. 1973 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 7/2 The imitativeness in these films is even more striking than their lack of artistry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1573
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