mimicaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmɪmᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪmᵻk(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s mimicall, 1600s mymical, 1600s mymicall, 1600s– mimical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mīmicus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin mīmicus mimic adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ical suffix. Compare mimic adj.

Now rare.

A. adj.

†1. Of a person or other agent: = mimic adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > apish, mocking, or mimicking > addicted to or good at mimicking

mimical1603

mimic1647

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective] > jester or comedian

mimic1598

mimical1603

merry-andrew1678

mimy1683

fool-like1829

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 104 The Puppets have alwaies a Mimicall prolocutor to tel what they meane.

a1618 W. Raleigh Rem. (1644) 264 A Mimical French-man whom I entertained..for his Iests.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 80 A Mimical Ape.

1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. viii. 293 Devils..are a Mimical sort of Creatures..diligent Emulators of the most Holy Persons.

2. Of an action, attribute, etc.: †befitting a mime or burlesque actor (obsolete); relating to, characterized by, or of the nature of mimicry or imitation, esp. in the arts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > apish, mocking, or mimicking

apish1579

mimical1610

zany1616

monkeyish1621

mimic1727

cod1895

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective] > jester or comedian > befitting

mimical1610

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vi. i. 238 It were like mymicall scurrility [L. mimicae scurrilitati] to demaund any thing of any one of them [sc. gods] which resteth vnder the disposing of another.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 7 I beheld the mimicall gestures..of the Roman Priests.

1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) xiv. 43 A few waste complements, and mimicall curtesies.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xxiii. 132 Without speaking or opening his Eyes for many months, onely some odd mimicall gestures he used.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 99. ⁋1 By introducing mimical Dances, and fulsom Buffoonries.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. ii. 93 The petty Tyrannys and mimical Politys of some new Pretenders.

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1775) I. i. 49 No priest shall be a poet, or exercise the mimical or histrionical art in any degree.

1815 J. G. Spurzheim Physiognom. Syst. xv. 535 The second kind of signs are pathognomical or mimical. They consist in the motions of the soft and mobile parts... All mimical knowledge has consisted only in detached observations.

1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 6/2 The mimical situations of novels.

1873 Q. Rev. Oct. 340 She had musical and mimical talents.

1986 Theatre Res. Internat. Autumn 253 His mimical expressions ranged from a deadpan blank faced look to the most outrageous contortions.

†3. = mimic adj. 3. Obsolete.

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

1624 J. Gee New Shreds Old Snare 17 The Actor that puts life into this mimicall Artillery by motion and voice.

1663 Proposal to use no Conscience 2 Small mimical oaths, as when we swear by our Honor..or Faith.

1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders ii. i. 232 The Nuns..did in progress of time attribute to their cutting off their Hair,..and mimical Habits, a holy Virtue.

†B. n.

An imitator; an actor. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian

jugglerc1175

foolc1300

jangler1303

fool sagec1330

ribald1340

ape-ward1362

japer1377

sage fool1377

harlotc1390

disporter?a1475

jocular?a1475

joculatora1500

jester?1518

idiot1526

scoffer1530

sporter1531

dizzardc1540

vice1552

antic1564

bauble-bearer1568

scoggin1579

buffoon1584

pleasant1595

zany1596

baladine1599

clown1600

fiddle1600

mimic1601

ape-carrier1615

mime1616

mime-man1631

merry man1648

tomfool1650

pickle-herring1656

badine1670

puddingc1675

merry-andrew1677

mimical1688

Tom Tram1688

Monaghan1689

pickled herring1711

ethologist1727

court-foola1797

Tom1817

mimer1819

fun-maker1835

funny man1839

mimester1846

comic1857

comedian1860

jokesman1882

comique1886

Joey1896

tummler1938

alternative comedian1981

Andrew-

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 9/2 Euterpe..is the goddess of Mymicals.

Derivatives

† mimically adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

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

imitably1616

mimically1623

mimetically1647

imitatively1879

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Scoffingly, Irronically, Mimically.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xii. 181 So long mimically imitating mad men that he became one.

1724 E. Ward Wandering Spy 10 Before the Troop, to please the Crowd, Two Boats were mimically row'd, By River-Slaves.

† mimicalness n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

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

mimicalness1647

imitancy1832

imitativenessa1846

1647 T. Fuller Serm. Assurance 12 The mimicalnesse of the Ape.

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

单词	mimical
释义	mimicaladj.n. Brit. /ˈmɪmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈmɪmᵻk(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s mimicall, 1600s mymical, 1600s mymicall, 1600s– mimical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mīmicus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin mīmicus mimic adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ical suffix. Compare mimic adj. Now rare. A. adj. †1. Of a person or other agent: = mimic adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > apish, mocking, or mimicking > addicted to or good at mimicking mimical1603 mimic1647 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective] > jester or comedian mimic1598 mimical1603 merry-andrew1678 mimy1683 fool-like1829 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 104 The Puppets have alwaies a Mimicall prolocutor to tel what they meane. a1618 W. Raleigh Rem. (1644) 264 A Mimical French-man whom I entertained..for his Iests. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 80 A Mimical Ape. 1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. viii. 293 Devils..are a Mimical sort of Creatures..diligent Emulators of the most Holy Persons. 2. Of an action, attribute, etc.: †befitting a mime or burlesque actor (obsolete); relating to, characterized by, or of the nature of mimicry or imitation, esp. in the arts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > apish, mocking, or mimicking apish1579 mimical1610 zany1616 monkeyish1621 mimic1727 cod1895 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective] > jester or comedian > befitting mimical1610 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vi. i. 238 It were like mymicall scurrility [L. mimicae scurrilitati] to demaund any thing of any one of them [sc. gods] which resteth vnder the disposing of another. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 7 I beheld the mimicall gestures..of the Roman Priests. 1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) xiv. 43 A few waste complements, and mimicall curtesies. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xxiii. 132 Without speaking or opening his Eyes for many months, onely some odd mimicall gestures he used. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 99. ⁋1 By introducing mimical Dances, and fulsom Buffoonries. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. ii. 93 The petty Tyrannys and mimical Politys of some new Pretenders. 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1775) I. i. 49 No priest shall be a poet, or exercise the mimical or histrionical art in any degree. 1815 J. G. Spurzheim Physiognom. Syst. xv. 535 The second kind of signs are pathognomical or mimical. They consist in the motions of the soft and mobile parts... All mimical knowledge has consisted only in detached observations. 1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 6/2 The mimical situations of novels. 1873 Q. Rev. Oct. 340 She had musical and mimical talents. 1986 Theatre Res. Internat. Autumn 253 His mimical expressions ranged from a deadpan blank faced look to the most outrageous contortions. †3. = mimic adj. 3. Obsolete. 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 1624 J. Gee New Shreds Old Snare 17 The Actor that puts life into this mimicall Artillery by motion and voice. 1663 Proposal to use no Conscience 2 Small mimical oaths, as when we swear by our Honor..or Faith. 1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders ii. i. 232 The Nuns..did in progress of time attribute to their cutting off their Hair,..and mimical Habits, a holy Virtue. †B. n. An imitator; an actor. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian jugglerc1175 foolc1300 jangler1303 fool sagec1330 ribald1340 ape-ward1362 japer1377 sage fool1377 harlotc1390 disporter?a1475 jocular?a1475 joculatora1500 jester?1518 idiot1526 scoffer1530 sporter1531 dizzardc1540 vice1552 antic1564 bauble-bearer1568 scoggin1579 buffoon1584 pleasant1595 zany1596 baladine1599 clown1600 fiddle1600 mimic1601 ape-carrier1615 mime1616 mime-man1631 merry man1648 tomfool1650 pickle-herring1656 badine1670 puddingc1675 merry-andrew1677 mimical1688 Tom Tram1688 Monaghan1689 pickled herring1711 ethologist1727 court-foola1797 Tom1817 mimer1819 fun-maker1835 funny man1839 mimester1846 comic1857 comedian1860 jokesman1882 comique1886 Joey1896 tummler1938 alternative comedian1981 Andrew- 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 9/2 Euterpe..is the goddess of Mymicals. Derivatives † mimically adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adverb] imitably1616 mimically1623 mimetically1647 imitatively1879 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Scoffingly, Irronically, Mimically. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xii. 181 So long mimically imitating mad men that he became one. 1724 E. Ward Wandering Spy 10 Before the Troop, to please the Crowd, Two Boats were mimically row'd, By River-Slaves. † mimicalness n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > imitativeness mimicalness1647 imitancy1832 imitativenessa1846 1647 T. Fuller Serm. Assurance 12 The mimicalnesse of the Ape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1603
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