mimeticaladj.

Brit.

/mᵻˈmɛtᵻkl/,

/mʌɪˈmɛtᵻkl/, U.S.

/məˈmɛdək(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s mimeticall, 1700s– mimetical.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mimeticus ; Greek μιμητικός ; -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin mimeticus imitative (see mimetic n. and adj.) or its etymon ancient Greek μιμητικός mimetic n. and adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ical suffix.

rare.

= mimetic adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

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

imitative1573

imitating1591

mimeticala1617

emulous1667

eicastic1669

mimetic1669

imitative1700

imitational1833

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) 360 He doth unfold it by a mimeticall expressing the charges that these false teachers gave.

1764 R. Hurd Dial. Uses Foreign Travel 5 Composing a Dialogue in the old mimetical, or poetic form.

1900 Living Age 6 Oct. 27 This shark..can display an artifice equal, if not superior, to that of any known mimetical creature.

1979 Amer. Lit. 51 361 These stanzas are an exquisitely wrought, graphically mimetical model of the competition between physical and spiritual perception.

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

单词	mimetical
释义	mimeticaladj. Brit. /mᵻˈmɛtᵻkl/, /mʌɪˈmɛtᵻkl/, U.S. /məˈmɛdək(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s mimeticall, 1700s– mimetical. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mimeticus ; Greek μιμητικός ; -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin mimeticus imitative (see mimetic n. and adj.) or its etymon ancient Greek μιμητικός mimetic n. and adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ical suffix. rare. = mimetic adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] imitative1573 imitating1591 mimeticala1617 emulous1667 eicastic1669 mimetic1669 imitative1700 imitational1833 a1617 P. Baynes Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) 360 He doth unfold it by a mimeticall expressing the charges that these false teachers gave. 1764 R. Hurd Dial. Uses Foreign Travel 5 Composing a Dialogue in the old mimetical, or poetic form. 1900 Living Age 6 Oct. 27 This shark..can display an artifice equal, if not superior, to that of any known mimetical creature. 1979 Amer. Lit. 51 361 These stanzas are an exquisitely wrought, graphically mimetical model of the competition between physical and spiritual perception. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1617
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