MIMIC
What does "MIMIC" mean?
To imitate someone or something, often to mock or to copy closely.
Meanings
- To imitate someone's speech, actions, or appearance, often for mockery or amusement. The parrot can mimic her laugh perfectly.
- To resemble or copy something closely, as one thing imitating another. The synthetic fabric mimics real silk.
- A person or animal that imitates, especially an organism resembling another for protection. The harmless fly is a mimic of a wasp.
Did you know?
- Australia's lyrebird is such a skilled mimic that wild individuals have been recorded reproducing the sounds of camera shutters, car alarms, and chainsaws picked up from nearby human activity.
Word origin
From Greek 'mimikos' (imitative), from 'mimos' (an imitator, actor, mime), via Latin 'mimicus'; the same root gives us 'mime' and 'mimicry'.
Remember it
MIMIC repeats its own start: 'MI' then 'MI' again, plus a C. The word imitates its first two letters, just as a mimic copies what it sees.
A little poem
The fly wears the wasp's bold yellow coat,
borrows a danger it does not own-
and lives the longer for the lie.
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Wordplay
- Why is 'mimic' such a fitting word? It opens by copying itself - MI, then MI again - imitating before it even finishes.
What it teaches
Borrowed danger can buy real safety - the harmless often survive by resembling the feared.
Quick facts
What does MIMIC mean?
To imitate someone or something, often to mock or to copy closely.
Is MIMIC a valid word?
Yes — MIMIC is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MIMIC?
MIMIC has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MIMIC come from?
From Greek 'mimikos' (imitative), from 'mimos' (an imitator, actor, mime), via Latin 'mimicus'; the same root gives us 'mime' and 'mimicry'.
What can MIMIC teach us?
Borrowed danger can buy real safety - the harmless often survive by resembling the feared.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.