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mimic

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪm.ɪk/

The English word “mimic” has 10 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
  2. To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

noun

  1. A mime.
  2. A comic who does impressions.
  3. An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
  4. An imitation.
  5. A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.

adjective

  1. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
  2. Mock, pretended.
  3. Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

Etymology

From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime.

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