Mime

mīm, n. a farce in which scenes from actual life were represented by gesture: an actor in such a farce.— n. Mim′esis , a mimicking of the speech, gestures, . of a person or a people: ( biol. ) mimicry.— adjs. Mimet′ic , -al , apt to imitate.— v.t. Mim′ic , to imitate: simulate:— pr.p. mim′icking; pa.p. mim′icked. — n. one who mimics: a buffoon: a servile imitator.— adjs. Mim′ic , -al , imitative: mock: miniature.— ns. Mim′icker ; Mim′icry , act of mimicking: an imitative resemblance in one animal to another or to some inanimate object. [Gr. mimos .]