mimical

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈmɪmɪk(ə)l/ (UK)

Definition of mimical

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (obsolete)Pertaining to a mime, or jester.
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adj

  1. (obsolete)Pertaining to a mime, or jester.
  2. (archaic)Imitative; that mimics something else.
    “If he can […] talk big fustian, insult, scorn, strut, contemn others, and use a little mimical and apish complement above the rest, he is a complete (Egregiam vero laudem), a well-qualified gentleman […]”
    “[F]requent jot / Of his hard ſetting jade did ſo confound / The vvords that he by papyr-ſtealth had got, / That their loſt ſenſe the youngſter could not ſound, / Though he vvith mimical attention did abound.”
    “Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical.”
  3. (obsolete)Imitation; mock.

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Etymology

From mimic + -al.

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