pantomime
nounEtymology
First appears c. 1606, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos), from πᾶς (pâs, “each, all”) + μιμέομαι (miméomai, “to mimic”). The verbal form first appears c. 1768.
- derived from παντόμιμος
- derived from pantomīmus
Definitions
A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime.
- [He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.
The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers
The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but…
A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots.
- With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances.
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The act of gesturing without speaking
The act of gesturing without speaking; a dumb-show, a mime.
- A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds.
- In pantomime, Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.
To make (a gesture) without speaking.
- I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me.
To entertain others by silent gestures or actions.
The neighborhood
- neighbordame
- neighbordumb show
- neighbormime
- neighborpantomimical
- neighborsign language
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for pantomime. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA