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Webster 1913 Edition
Mimical
1.
Imitative; mimetic.
Oft, in her absence,
To imitate her.
mimic
fancy wakesTo imitate her.
Milton.
Man is, of all creatures, the most
mimical
. W. Wotton.
2.
Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated;
“Mimic hootings.” as,
. mimic
gesturesWordsworth.
3.
(Min.)
Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; – applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
☞ Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and is less dignified than imitative.
Mimic beetle
(Zool.)
, a beetle that feigns death when disturbed, esp. the species of
Hister
and allied genera.Definition 2024
mimical
mimical
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Adjective
mimical (comparative more mimical, superlative most mimical)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to a mime, or jester.
- (now rare) Imitative; that mimics something else.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.2:
- 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 […].
- Wotton
- Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.2:
- (obsolete) Imitation; mock.