mīmus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- farce noun A comic play or film built on absurd situations, mistaken identity, slamming doors and characters behaving with wild improbability, written purely to get laughs rather than to say anything serious.
- mime noun The art of acting out a story or feeling through gesture and movement, without speaking.
Senses
mīmus is used for these senses in English:
- mime A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
farce — full definition
- noun A comic play or film built on absurd situations, mistaken identity, slamming doors and characters behaving with wild improbability, written purely to get laughs rather than to say anything serious.
- noun A situation or process so badly handled or so obviously rigged that it cannot be taken seriously.
- noun In cookery, a seasoned stuffing of minced meat, herbs or breadcrumbs used to fill poultry, fish or vegetables.
mime — full definition
- noun The art of acting out a story or feeling through gesture and movement, without speaking.
- noun A performer who acts silently, using only body language and expression.
- verb To act out words or actions using only gestures, without speaking.