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verb

Mimic v. t. (past & past part. mimicked; pres. part. mimicking)

1.

To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. "The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie."

2.

(Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.

Synonyms: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.

noun

Mimic n. One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.

adjective

Mimical, Mimic adj.

1.

Imitative; mimetic. "Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes To imitate her." "Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical."

2.

Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures. "Mimic hootings."

3.

(Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. Note: 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.

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"Mimic" Quotes from Famous Books

... in summer for bare-footed girls and boys. Such wadings! Such mimic ship sailing! Such rowing, fishing, and swimming! Only think of a chain of puddles where one can launch chip boats all day long, and ...

— New National Fourth Reader • Charles J. Barnes and J. Marshall Hawkes

... Elgin's, that he apologized to the company for the shocking bad cooking. He thought he was at his own table, you see. It gives him a place of his own in society. That's Lord Harewood he has fastened on to now. Harewood's peculiarity is to mimic the Prince in everything. One day the Prince hid his queue behind the collar of his coat, so Harewood cut his off, thinking that they were going out of fashion. Here's Lumley, the ugly man. 'L'homme laid' they called him in Paris. The other one is Lord Foley—they call him No. 11, on account of ...

— Rodney Stone • Arthur Conan Doyle

... cricket match. Get off, or I'll blow you off," said Bill, fingering his trigger. The old colonel, realising that he was dealing with a too zealous scout, unacquainted with the rules of mimic warfare, jumped ...

— The Kangaroo Marines • R. W. Campbell

... They are a little wilder than sheep, but they do not snuff the air at the approach of human beings, nor evince much alarm at their pretty close proximity; although, if you continue to advance, they toss their heads and take to their heels in a kind of mimic terror, or something akin to feminine skittishness, with a dim remembrance or tradition, as it were, of their having come of a wild stock. They have so long been fed and protected by man, that they ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 63, January, 1863 - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various

... are you," cried Bunny; "I'll learn mine up in a minute when Miss Kerr comes back, and you're as slow as an old snail at yours;" and again she began to mimic his voice ...

— Naughty Miss Bunny - A Story for Little Children • Clara Mulholland

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