mimadj.adv.

Brit.

/mɪm/, U.S.

/mɪm/, Scottish English

/mɪm/

Forms: pre-1700 1700s– mim, 1900s– mimm.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps imitative of the action of pursing up the mouth. Compare mimp n. and adj., mum n.¹, int., and adj.C. McKay Dict. Lowland Scotch (1888) posits instead Scottish Gaelic mìn delicate, meek ( < Early Irish mín soft: see the note s.v. minion n.¹) as a possible origin.

Originally and chiefly Scottish and British regional.

A. adj.

Reserved or restrained in manner or behaviour, esp. in a contrived or priggish way; affectedly modest, demure; primly silent, quiet; affectedly moderate or abstemious in diet (rare). Also (occasionally) of a person's appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper

moy1487

strait-laced1554

mima1586

prim1702

prick-eared1707

prudish1717

priggish1731

primsy1786

trig1793

missish1795

missy1805

pershittie1808

missyish1818

missy-like1831

primmy1857

pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857

antiseptic1891

blue-nosed1893

prissy1894

Nice Nelly1922

prissified1923

prunes and prismy1931

a1586 Dumb Wyfe 91 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I The mimest wyff that euer tuik lyff Will ware sum wordis and start hir.

a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 323 The best of our Synods (for as mim as we have made it to this Day) are justly chargeable with the Blood of that renowned Martyr [sc. Guthrie].

1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 16 She was..mim that Day.

1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 9 A bit but, and a bit ben, Makes a mim maiden at the board end.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 101 Now Nory a' the while was playing prim As onie lamb, as modest an' as mim; An' never a look wi' Lindy did lat fa'.

1785 Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (new ed.) 24 in Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. Maidens should be mim till they're married, and then they may burn kirks.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 49 Did I not say it was nae want o' spunk that made ye [sc. the young Laird] sae mim?

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Mim, primly silent, with lips closed lest a stray word should escape.

1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve xiii Worth twenty o' that stuck-up London consarn, with her pasty face and mim ways.

1891 R. T. Cooke Huckleberries 96 She was a mim, soft-spoken woman, but guileful and gliding as a snake.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xiv. 231 And she went on wi' her saft een and her mim mou'.

1960 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio 56 Before you catch it for your mim look and gnostic chirrup.

1991 A. Blair More Tea at Miss Cranston's xiii. 150 You got to taste..the ginger wine... No' very nice really, but you sat there mim as a pussy cat and sipped it.

2019 S. Templeton in Lallans 95 80 Keeng Jamie luikit on, mim as ye lik, jyst A wee lirk tae his mou.

B. adv.

Esp. of speech: primly, affectedly. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xvi, in Poems 48 See, up he's got the word o' G—, An' meek an' mim has view'd it.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxxvi. 306 Jen..had a pin in her mouth. ‘What for are ye speakin' sae mim?’

1907 N. Munro Daft Days xv. 134 Speaking mim as if you had a clothes-pin in your mouth.

Compounds

C1.

mim-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. viii. 182 Some o' t' bonniest and mimest looking too.

mim-spoken adj.

ΚΠ

1896 ‘L. Keith’ Indian Uncle xi. 189 Douce, plod-plodding, mim-spoken lads.

C2.

mim-mouthed adj. silent, reserved, reticent, esp. affectedly so; prim, meek, or effete in speech or (in extended use) behaviour.

ΚΠ

1721 A. Ramsay Lucky Spence iii O Black-ey'd Bess, and mim mou'd Meg, O'er good to work or yet to beg.

1820 Smugglers I. xiii. 164 I'm no for being mim mou'd when there's no reason; but a man had as gude, whiles, cast a knot on his tongue.

1914 County Folk-lore VII. 391 Mim-mou'ed maidens never get a man; muckle-mou'ed maids get twa.

1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 20 Apr. His work with Aberdeen was even more astonishing. He took a mim-mouthed club, and made them predators feared throughout Europe.

mim-mouthedness n. primness, reserve, affectation.

ΚΠ

1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm I. p. viii Some of the rougher women despised the sweet outlandish speech she had brought with her from her native England, and accused her of mim-mou'dness.

1889 Sat. Rev. 12 Jan. 37/1 That ‘mimmouthedness’ which has become a fashion of late.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mim
释义	mimadj.adv. Brit. /mɪm/, U.S. /mɪm/, Scottish English /mɪm/ Forms: pre-1700 1700s– mim, 1900s– mimm. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps imitative of the action of pursing up the mouth. Compare mimp n. and adj., mum n.¹, int., and adj.C. McKay Dict. Lowland Scotch (1888) posits instead Scottish Gaelic mìn delicate, meek ( < Early Irish mín soft: see the note s.v. minion n.¹) as a possible origin. Originally and chiefly Scottish and British regional. A. adj. Reserved or restrained in manner or behaviour, esp. in a contrived or priggish way; affectedly modest, demure; primly silent, quiet; affectedly moderate or abstemious in diet (rare). Also (occasionally) of a person's appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper moy1487 strait-laced1554 mima1586 prim1702 prick-eared1707 prudish1717 priggish1731 primsy1786 trig1793 missish1795 missy1805 pershittie1808 missyish1818 missy-like1831 primmy1857 pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857 antiseptic1891 blue-nosed1893 prissy1894 Nice Nelly1922 prissified1923 prunes and prismy1931 a1586 Dumb Wyfe 91 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I The mimest wyff that euer tuik lyff Will ware sum wordis and start hir. a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 323 The best of our Synods (for as mim as we have made it to this Day) are justly chargeable with the Blood of that renowned Martyr [sc. Guthrie]. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 16 She was..mim that Day. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 9 A bit but, and a bit ben, Makes a mim maiden at the board end. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 101 Now Nory a' the while was playing prim As onie lamb, as modest an' as mim; An' never a look wi' Lindy did lat fa'. 1785 Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (new ed.) 24 in Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. Maidens should be mim till they're married, and then they may burn kirks. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 49 Did I not say it was nae want o' spunk that made ye [sc. the young Laird] sae mim? a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Mim, primly silent, with lips closed lest a stray word should escape. 1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve xiii Worth twenty o' that stuck-up London consarn, with her pasty face and mim ways. 1891 R. T. Cooke Huckleberries 96 She was a mim, soft-spoken woman, but guileful and gliding as a snake. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xiv. 231 And she went on wi' her saft een and her mim mou'. 1960 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio 56 Before you catch it for your mim look and gnostic chirrup. 1991 A. Blair More Tea at Miss Cranston's xiii. 150 You got to taste..the ginger wine... No' very nice really, but you sat there mim as a pussy cat and sipped it. 2019 S. Templeton in Lallans 95 80 Keeng Jamie luikit on, mim as ye lik, jyst A wee lirk tae his mou. B. adv. Esp. of speech: primly, affectedly. Now rare. ΚΠ 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xvi, in Poems 48 See, up he's got the word o' G—, An' meek an' mim has view'd it. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxxvi. 306 Jen..had a pin in her mouth. ‘What for are ye speakin' sae mim?’ 1907 N. Munro Daft Days xv. 134 Speaking mim as if you had a clothes-pin in your mouth. Compounds C1. mim-looking adj. ΚΠ 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. viii. 182 Some o' t' bonniest and mimest looking too. mim-spoken adj. ΚΠ 1896 ‘L. Keith’ Indian Uncle xi. 189 Douce, plod-plodding, mim-spoken lads. C2. mim-mouthed adj. silent, reserved, reticent, esp. affectedly so; prim, meek, or effete in speech or (in extended use) behaviour. ΚΠ 1721 A. Ramsay Lucky Spence iii O Black-ey'd Bess, and mim mou'd Meg, O'er good to work or yet to beg. 1820 Smugglers I. xiii. 164 I'm no for being mim mou'd when there's no reason; but a man had as gude, whiles, cast a knot on his tongue. 1914 County Folk-lore VII. 391 Mim-mou'ed maidens never get a man; muckle-mou'ed maids get twa. 1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 20 Apr. His work with Aberdeen was even more astonishing. He took a mim-mouthed club, and made them predators feared throughout Europe. mim-mouthedness n. primness, reserve, affectation. ΚΠ 1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm I. p. viii Some of the rougher women despised the sweet outlandish speech she had brought with her from her native England, and accused her of mim-mou'dness. 1889 Sat. Rev. 12 Jan. 37/1 That ‘mimmouthedness’ which has become a fashion of late. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.a1586
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