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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

A bit but and a bit ben maks a mim maiden at the board end.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

You was always glad to see people in spirits, wasn't you, mim?

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

Maidens should be mim till they're married, and then they may burn kirks.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

The general tendency is towards that thinning of the vowel that we get in mister for master and Miss Miggs's mim for ma'am.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

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