mime /mīm/

1. A play without dialogue, relying solely on movement, expression, etc
2. An actor in such a play (also mime artist)
3. (in ancient Greek and Roman theatre) a farcical play making great use of flamboyant gesture and facial expression
4. An actor in such a farce
5. Acting without words
6. A mimic
7. A buffoon

1. To act as a mime
2. To move the mouth in time to recorded singing, giving the illusion of a live performance
3. To make the movements involved in the performing of a specific activity, eg as a clue in guessing-games
4. To mimic

mīmˈer noun

mimesis /mim- or mīm-ēˈsis/ noun

1. Imitation or representation in art
2. The rhetorical use of a person's supposed or imaginable words
3. Simulation of one disease by another (medicine)
4. Mimicry (biology)

mimeˈster noun

mimetˈic or mimetˈical /mim- or mīm-/ adjective

1. Imitative
2. Mimic
3. Of, relating to or displaying mimicry, mimesis or miming

mimetˈically adverb

mimetite /mimˈi- or mīmˈi-/ noun

A mineral, lead arsenate and chloride (from its resemblance to pyromorphite)

mimic /mimˈik/ noun

1. A person who imitates, esp someone who performs in ludicrous imitation of others' speech and gestures
2. A mime-actor (obsolete)
3. An unsuccessful imitator or imitation
4. A plant or animal exemplifying mimicry

1. Miming (obsolete)
2. Imitative
3. Mock or sham

1. To imitate, esp in ridicule or so as to incur ridicule
2. To ape
3. To produce an imitation of
4. To resemble deceptively

mimical /mimˈ/ adjective (obsolete)

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