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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.


mīm 2 American  
[meem] / mim /

noun

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


mim British  
/ mɪm /

adjective

  1. dialect prim, modest, or demure

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mim1

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

Origin of mīm2

From Arabic

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