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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

mimicus

, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] mime: cf. F.

mimique

. See

Imitative; mimetic.

Oft, in her absence,

mimic

fancy wakes
To imitate her.

Milton.

Man is, of all creatures, the most

mimical

W. Wotton.

Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated;

as,

mimic

gestures

“Mimic hootings.”

Wordsworth.

(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.