mimp
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4ADJ.
certain, pious
VERB + MIMP
look
MIMP + NOUN
lips
PREP.
up
Definitions
noun
A pursing of the lips.
Sure you muſt have obſerved the drop of the under lip is exploded ſince Lady Simpermode broke a tooth—(Sets her mouth affectedly)—I am preparing the caſt of the lips for the enſuing winter—thus—It is to be call’d the Paphian mimp.
The Paphian mimp was a certain pucker of the lips considered needful for the highly genteel.
verb
To purse one’s lips.
The Beaux alter’d Creatures, Now mimp up their Features, And trip it, and trip it ſo pretty; […]
When firſt ſhe emerged from retirement, it was natural ſhe ſhould feel ſhy and embarraſſed, which always appeared by a certain mimping with her mouth; afterwards ſhe thought it becoming , and improved upon it: It was ſo univerſally adopted by the young Ladies of the ton, that I think it incumbent on myſelf to give a particular account of this grace for the benefit of thoſe who have no opportunities of ſeeing it practiſed.
To act in an affectedly prim or dainty manner.
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6Sure you muſt have obſerved the drop of the under lip is exploded ſince Lady Simpermode broke a tooth—(Sets her mouth affectedly)—I am preparing the caſt of the lips for the enſuing winter—thus—It is
WiktionaryThe Paphian mimp was a certain pucker of the lips considered needful for the highly genteel.
WiktionaryMy working hunch was that the very young leopard frog tadpole would make a near-perfect donor. […] While he’s little, he’ll mimp-mouth algae from the flanks of a tubifex and harm nothing but a little
WiktionaryThe Beaux alter’d Creatures, Now mimp up their Features, And trip it, and trip it ſo pretty; […]
WiktionaryWhen firſt ſhe emerged from retirement, it was natural ſhe ſhould feel ſhy and embarraſſed, which always appeared by a certain mimping with her mouth; afterwards ſhe thought it becoming , and improved
WiktionaryBy God, I c’n hear him, see him, too. Put on that pious look, mimp up his lips.
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