Pantomime

pan′tō-mīm, n. one who expre es his meaning by action without speaking: a play or an entertainment in dumb show: an entertainment in a theatre, usually about Christmas-time, in which some well-known story is acted, amidst showy scenery, with music and dancing, concluding with buffoonery by conventional characters—the clown, pantaloon, harlequin, and columbine.— adj. representing only by action without words.— adjs. Pantomim′ic , -al .— adv. Pantomim′ically .— n. Pan′tomimist , an actor in a pantomime. [Fr.,—L.—Gr. pantomimos , imitator of all— pas , pantos , all, mimos , an imitator.]