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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

I'm a little'—here Miggs simpered—'a little sleepy myself; I'll own it now, mim, though I said I wasn't when you asked me.

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

I thought he wouldn't keep us up so late, two nights running, 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

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

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