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Traditional English :: mimbar
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mima.html - n.
(also minbar) a stepped platform for preaching in a mosque. [Arab. minbar] |
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Traditional English :: mime
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mima.html - n. & v. --n. 1 the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, etc. by gesture and expression without using words.
2 a theatrical performance using this technique.
3 Gk & Rom. Antiq. a simple farcical drama including mimicry.
4 (also mime artist) a practitioner of mime. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) convey (an idea or emotion) by gesture without words.
2 intr. (often foll. by to) (of singers etc.) mouth the words of a song etc. along with a soundtrack (mime to a record). mimer n. [L mimus f. Gk mimos] |
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Traditional English :: mimeograph
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mima.html - n. & v. --n. 1 (often attrib.) a duplicating machine which produces copies from a stencil.
2 a copy produced in this way. --v.tr. reproduce (text or diagrams) by this process. [irreg. f. Gk mimeomai imitate: see -GRAPH] |
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Traditional English :: mimesis
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mima.html - n. Biol. a close external resemblance of an animal to another that is distasteful or harmful to predators of the first. [Gk mimesis imitation] |
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Traditional English :: mimetic
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mima.html - adj. 1 relating to or habitually practising imitation or mimicry. 2 Biol. of or exhibiting mimesis. mimetically adv. [Gk mimetikos imitation (as MIMESIS)] |
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Traditional English :: mimic
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mima.html - v., n., & adj. --v.tr. (mimicked, mimicking)
1 imitate (a person, gesture, etc.) esp. to entertain or ridicule.
2 copy minutely or servilely.
3 (of a thing) resemble closely. --n. --adj. having an aptitude for mimicry; imitating; imitative, esp. for amusement. mimicker n. [L mimicus f. Gk mimikos (as MIME)] |
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