pantomimical

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adjective

Expressed or carried out using mime or mimicry.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 20
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Meanings

adjectivepantomimical (comparative more pantomimical, superlative most pantomimical)

comparative more pantomimical · superlative most pantomimical

  1. archaicExpressed or carried out using mime or mimicry.First known use 17th c.

    The old man, during this pantomimical conversation, in some degree recovered his spirits […].

    1768, Samuel Wallis, An Account of Captain Wallis's Voyage in 1766, 7, and 8, in his Majesty's ship the Dolphin, section V
  2. archaicLike or pertaining to a pantomime.First known use 18th c.

    By this pantomimical contrivance, and change of scene and character, the parts help each other out in matters which neither of them singly would assume to act.

    1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man

Origin

From pantomime + -ical.

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Chicago

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