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单词 mimo-prophet
释义

mimo-prophetn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μιμο- , μῖμος , prophet n.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μιμο-, combining form (in e.g. μιμογράϕος mimographer n., μιμολόγος : see mimologer n.) of ancient Greek μῖμος mime n.1 (here taken in the sense ‘mimic’, ‘sham’) + prophet n.
Obsolete.
A mock or pretended prophet.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > a false prophet
pseudopropheta1425
false prophet1552
pseudomantis1652
mimo-prophet1668
1668 H. More Schol. in Divine Dialogues (1713) 567 When the whole Empire of the World was promised..to the Familists, by their Mimo-Prophet H. N.

Derivatives

mimoprophetic adj.
ΚΠ
1668 H. More Schol. in Divine Dialogues (1713) 571 The Quakers..are to be esteemed..a Mimoprophetick sort of People.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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