Definition of Mimics

1. Noun. (plural of mimic) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of mimic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mimics

1. mimic [v] - See also: mimic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mimics

mimic spasm
mimic tic
mimicable
mimical
mimically
mimick
mimicked
mimicker
mimickers
mimicking
mimickries
mimickry
mimicks
mimicries
mimicry
mimics (current term)
miming
mimiviral
mimivirus
mimiviruses
mimmation
mimmer
mimmest
mimmick
mimmicked
mimmicks
mimographer
mimographers
mimolette
mimophant

Literary usage of Mimics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"... which mimics with much precision the appearance of the stones among which it lives. ... mimics ..."

2. A History of the Ancient Working People: From the Earliest Known Period to by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1889)
"... of mimics—Horrible Mimic Performances in Sicily—Bloody Origin of Wakes—Unions of Dancers, Trumpeters, Bagpipers, and Hornblowers—Tl;c ..."

3. The Life of David Garrick: From Original Family Papers, and Numerous by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1868)
"THE mimics. 1757—1768. THE new season of 1757-8 had little that was noteworthy in its theatrical management, save that the manager appeared in the new ..."

4. Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-voyage Through Rupert's by John Richardson (1851)
"WESTERN TRIBES PIERCE THE LIP AND NOSE. — FEMALE TOILET. — mimics.—MODE OF DEFYING THEIR ENEMIES DRESS. BOATS. ..."

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