mimic
/ˈmɪmɪk/MIH-mik
/ˈmɪmɪk/MIH-mik
Meaningimitating
Common meaning: to copy someone's manner
- miman actor, imitatorLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 968 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Greekμῖμος‘an actor, imitator’
- Latinmimicus
- Englishmimic‘to copy someone's manner’ · today
mim also in: mime
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek μῖμος ‘an actor, imitator’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry μῖμος, p. 968 · dictionary scan
Roots
- μῖμος Greek “an actor, imitator”
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