Mimic
['mɪmɪk]
Definition
(noun.) someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress).
(verb.) imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; 'The actor mimicked the President very accurately'.
(adj.) constituting an imitation; 'the mimic warfare of the opera stage'- Archibald Alison .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Mimical
(n.) One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.
(v. t.) To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
(v. t.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Imitative, mimetic, mimetical.
v. a. Ape, imitate, mock, counterfeit.
n. Mime.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Copy, ape, imitate, ridicule, mock, follow
ANT:Praise, lead,[See IMITATE]
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Examples
- Davoust and Massena, who wrought in many a battle tragedy, are here, and so also is Rachel, of equal renown in mimic tragedy on the stage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He likes to mimic and imitate types, generally, that are distasteful to him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Rebecca used to mimic her to her face with the most admirable gravity, thereby rendering the imitation doubly piquant to her worthy patroness. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Graham rose in mimic wrath and followed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mrs. Manson Mingott screwed up her little mouth into a grimace of mimic prudery and twinkled at him through malicious lids. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Now she was mimicking a visit to a bedside, Hello, old timer. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Again I threw myself on the sands, and then the sighing wind, mimicking a human cry, roused me to bitter, fallacious hope. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Why Ch-a-n-c-e, answered Sir Harry, mimicking him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As for my 'establishment of servants' (mimicking my voice) they number ten; les voilà. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It's the worst of me, said I, mimicking his manner. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I wasn't ready in myself,' he mimicked her phrase offensively. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But why, it may be asked, are certain forms treated as the mimicked and others as the mimickers? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Miss Bart gently mimicked her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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