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imitative, a. (n.)|ˈɪmɪteɪtɪv|
[ad. late L. imitātīv-us, f. imitārī (see -ative); cf. F. imitatif.]
1. Characterized by or consisting in imitation.
imitative arts, the arts of painting and sculpture; imitative word, a word which reproduces a natural sound.
1584Twyne æneid Life A vij, There are three kinde of stiles in a Poeme, ether Actiue, ether Imitatiue which Graecians call Dramaticum. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 282 Ploughing is an imitative Toil, Resembling Nature in an easie Soil. 1753Hogarth Anal. Beauty xi. 91 It is allowed by the most skilful in the imitative arts. 1853Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vi, This is the error..of merely imitative painters of still life, flowers, &c. 1865Tylor Early Hist. Man. ii. 15 Words which are evidently imitative, like ‘peewit’.
b. Const. of.
1700Dryden Palamon & A. ii. 527 This temple..Was imitative of the first in Thrace. 1849Freeman Archit. i. i. v. 93 Some of them are..directly imitative of the timber construction. 1867R. Broughton Not Wisely II. ii. 36 Walking..in a manner feebly imitative of the human gait.
2. Given to imitation; prone to imitate, copy, or mimic.
1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 216 The human mind is of a very imitative nature. 1827Gifford Ford's Plays Introd. 36 At present, we are become an imitative, not to say a mimic, race. 1837Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 249 Human beings are very imitative.
3. That imitates the appearance of something else; simulative; fictitious; counterfeit.
1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxv, Dazzling articles of imitative jewellery almost equal to real.
†B. as n. (See quot.) Obs.
1678Phillips (ed. 4), Imitatives, in Grammar, those sort of Verbs which express any kind of Imitation; as Patrissare, to take after the Father, or imitate his actions, humor, or fashion.
Hence ˈimitatively adv., in an imitative manner; ˈimitativeness, imitative quality.
a1846Martineau cited in Worcester for Imitativeness. a 1849 Poe H. B. Hirst Wks. 1864 III. 209 His chief sin is imitativeness. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. v. 279 If plants are employed as ornaments they must not be treated imitatively. 1973Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 9 Feb. 7/2 The imitativeness in these films is even more striking than their lack of artistry. |