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• mim
  mim

  adjective

  primly modest or demure.
• mīm
  mīm

  noun

  the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.

mim

¹ American  

[mim] / mɪm /

adjective

British Dialect.

1. primly modest or demure.

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mīm ² American  

[meem] / mim /

noun

1. the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.

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mim British  

/ mɪm /

adjective

1. dialect prim, modest, or demure

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Etymology

Origin of mim¹

1670–80; perhaps blend of mum ¹ and prim ¹

Origin of mīm²

From Arabic

Example Sentences

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mim mīm

The term meme originates from the Greek root mim, meaning “mime” or “mimic,” and the English suffix -eme.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Though there an't such a great deal to laugh at now either; is there, mim?

From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens

It ain't of no consequence, mim, of course.'

From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens

But "Tut!" quoth she; "a mim cat's never gude at the mice," and she lifted him out by the scruff of his neck, crying, "Run, mousie, or I'll catch ye!"

From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown

Na, na, gudeman, ye needna be sae mim; every body kens, and I ken too, that ye're ettling at the magistracy.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

Mime, mīm, n. a farce in which scenes from actual life were represented by gesture: an actor in such a farce.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various