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語源

Possibly from 中期英語 *mime, from 古期英語 mīma (“a buffoon, jester, mime”), from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”), but more likely re-borrowed in modern times from French mime (“mimic actor”), from the same source.

発音

• IPA: /maɪm/
• (obsolete) IPA: /miːm/
• 韻: -aɪm

名詞

mime (countable and uncountable, plural mimes)

1. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
   • 1977 April 23, Arlene Silva, “Suzanne Fox's Silent Stories”, in Gay Community News, page 10:

     [Silence] demands returning to the self, to innocence and a portrayal of situations as if all the particulars were completely unknown to the viewer. There are no props but the muscular versatility of the human form. Mime is the one thing that truly proves we can be all things.

2. A pantomime actor.
3. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209:

     The mimes were packed with lascivious gestures and movements, and usually presented erotic scenes, on occasion farcically treated.

4. A performer of such a farce.
5. A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
7. A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.

関連する語

• pantomime

動詞

mime (third-person singular simple present mimes, present participle miming, simple past and past participle mimed)

1. To mimic.
2. (intransitive) To act without words.
3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

   In this game, you're given a word, which you have to mime to the others in the group.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

派生語

参考

• lip-synch