mimical

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English

Etymology

From mimic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mimical (comparative more mimical, superlative most mimical)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a mime, or jester.
  2. (now rare) Imitative; that mimics something else.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 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 […].
    • (Can we date this quote by Wotton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical.
  3. (obsolete) Imitation; mock.
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