mime

see definition of mime

nounan imitator

nounan imitation
verbmimic
verbimpersonate

Synonyms for mime

noun an imitator

actor

noun. person who performs, entertains by role-playing

actors

noun. person who performs, entertains by role-playing

Word Origin & History

c.1600, "a buffoon who practices gesticulations" [Johnson], from French mime (16c.) and directly from Latin mimus, from Greek mimos "imitator, mimic, actor, mime, buffoon," of unknown origin. In reference to a performance, 1640s in a classical context; 1932 as "a pantomime."

Example Sentences for mime

Was it at all surprising that he should have made so rapid and signal a success as a mime?

"Only leave me to myself," the Mime sobbed, moving his sore body.

He looked long and curiously at the Mime and could read his heart.

Siegfried must do this and the Mime should profit by it, and afterward kill Siegfried.

"Now we have arrived where the Dragon lives," the Mime said to Siegfried.

So the Mime fell to planning how he could get the gold into his own hands.

Thus the Mime was slain, as Wotan had said, by one who knew no fear.

A Mime was a sort of farce, travestying real persons or events.

Mime endeavours to persuade Siegfried that he is his father and mother in one.

Mime then asks: "What is the race born in the earth's deep bowels?"

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Synonyms for mime

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acting

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