Definition of MIMIC

mimic

Meanings

Plural: mimics

Noun

  • someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
  • A person who practices mimicry; especially:
  • A mime.
  • A person who practices mimicry; especially:
  • A comic who does impressions.
  • An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
  • An imitation.
  • A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.

Verb

  • imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
    • "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"
  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
  • To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

Adjective Satellite

  • constituting an imitation; - Archibald Alison
    • "the mimic warfare of the opera stage"

Adj

  • Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
  • Mock, pretended.
  • Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime.

Scrabble Score: 11

mimic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mimic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mimic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

mimic is a valid Words With Friends word