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mimical

adj
/ˈmɪmɪk(ə)l/UK

Etymology

From mimic + -al.

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a mime, or jester.

  2. Imitative

    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. Imitation

    Imitation; mock.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA