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  1. mimicaladjective

    Pertaining to a mime, or jester.

  2. mimicaladjective

    Imitative; that mimics something else.

  3. mimicaladjective

    Imitation; mock.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Mimicaladjective

    Imitative; befitting a mimick; acting the mimick.

    Etymology: mimicus, Latin.

    Man is of all creatures the most mimical in gestures, styles, speech, fashion, or accents. Henry Wotton, on Education.

    A mimical daw would needs try the same experiment; but his claws were shackled. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

    Singers and dancers entertained the people with light songs and mimical gestures, that they might not go away melancholy from serious pieces of the theatre. John Dryden, Juvenal.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mimicaladjective

    imitative; mimetic

  2. Mimicaladjective

    consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures

  3. Mimicaladjective

    imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry

  4. Etymology: [L. mimicus, Gr. , fr. mime: cf. F. mimique. See Mime.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mimical in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mimical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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