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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

“If you please, mim, this is a new Jane.”

From Paste Jewels by Bangs, John Kendrick

Her laugh would be ringing clear as the echo of steel in frost, and when Donald lugged me into the talk she would fall mim as a schoolgirl under the eye of her governess.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

"It's Sathurday, mim," interrupted Biddy, in a voice that showed the argument in her mind to be unanswerable.

From Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Excuse me, mim, but the coachman says shall he wait any longer? 

From The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces by Bangs, John Kendrick

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