mimicry
noun
the act, practice, or art of mimicking.
mimicries
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pluralof mimicry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In private, her character is less appalling, though she is noted for her impudent mimicries of Moran & Mack, Maurice Chevalier, Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, Groucho Marx.
From Time Magazine Archive
But she somehow progressed from entertaining her friends with mimicries to playing to paying houses.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the trickeries and mimicries of court life Bunsen was no adept, and nothing was easier than to outbid him in the price that is paid for royal favors.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
Foote was evading all law and order by his inimitable mimicries at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket; and for these performances at his "scandal-shop" is very properly brought up before Mr. Censor's Court.
From Henry Fielding: a Memoir by G. M. Godden
Oh, no, they are very amusing, with their mimicries of grown people, and mock solemnities.
From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald
