mimical

UK /ˈmɪmɪk(ə)l/ US /ˈmɪmɪk(ə)l/
adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Pertaining to a mime, or jester.

2

Imitative; that mimics something else.

If he can […] talk big fustian, insult, scorn, strut, contemn others, and use a little mimical and apish complement above the rest, he is a complete (Egregiam vero laudem), a well-qualified gentleman […]

[F]requent jot / Of his hard ſetting jade did ſo confound / The vvords that he by papyr-ſtealth had got, / That their loſt ſenſe the youngſter could not ſound, / Though he vvith mimical attention did abound.

3

Imitation; mock.

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