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mimic
English
Alternative forms
- mimick
Etymology
From Latin m?micus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (m?mikós, “belonging to mimes”), from ????? (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?m.?k/
- Rhymes: -?m?k
Verb
mimic (third-person singular simple present mimics, present participle mimicking, simple past and past participle mimicked)
- To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
- (biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Translations
Noun
mimic (plural mimics)
- A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
- An imitation.
Translations
Adjective
mimic (not comparable)
- Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
- 1800, William Wordsworth, There was a Boy
- And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands
Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth
Uplifted, he, as through an instrument,
Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls,
That they might answer him.
- And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands
- 1800, William Wordsworth, There was a Boy
- Mock, pretended.
- (mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
Related terms
- mime
- mimicable
- mimicry
Further reading
- mimic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mimic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Romanian
Etymology
From French mimique
Adjective
mimic m or n (feminine singular mimic?, masculine plural mimici, feminine and neuter plural mimice)
- mimic
Declension
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mimid
English
Noun
mimid (plural mimids)
- (zoology) Any Any bird in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers.
Anagrams
- immid
Spanish
Verb
mimid
- (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of mimir.
mimid From the web:
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