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mim
1[ mim ]
adjective
, British Dialect.
- primly modest or demure.
mīm
2[ meem ]
noun
- the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
mim
/ mɪm /
adjective
- dialect.prim, modest, or demure
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mim2
From Arabic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mim1
C17: perhaps imitative of lip-pursing
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Example Sentences
Mime, mīm, n. a farce in which scenes from actual life were represented by gesture: an actor in such a farce.
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