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mimical
/ˈmɪmɪk(ə)l/
adj 3
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3ADJ.
apish, little, most
VERB + MIMICAL
use
MIMICAL + NOUN
attention
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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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
Wiktionary02
[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
Wiktionary03
Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical.
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