mimin.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmiːmi/, U.S.

/ˈmimi/, Australian English

/ˈmiːmi/

Inflections: Plural mimis, unchanged.

Forms: also with capital initial

Origin: A borrowing from Kunwinjku. Etymon: Kunwinjku mimih.

Etymology: < Kunwinjku (western Arnhem Land, northern Australia) mimih.The final -h in the Kunwinjku word represents a glottal stop in the locally accepted orthography.

Cultural Anthropology and Mythology.

A. n.

A member of a race of spirit people believed by the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land, northern Australia to inhabit the caves of the region, and to be responsible for the rock art found there, which dates from approximately 18,000 to 9,000 b.c. Also: one of the distinctive sticklike figures depicted in this art.

ΚΠ

1949 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 780 The art of the Mimi consists largely of single-line drawings, almost exclusively of human beings.

1952 E. Sykes Everyman's Dict. Non-classical Mythol. 142 The difference between the work of the mimis and that of the native today is so great that it must obviously have been the work of an earlier culture which has since migrated or died out.

1964 R. M. Berndt & C. H. Berndt World of First Austral. 7 The beautifully drawn stick figures called mimi, near Oenpelli.

1994 C. A. Dyer Kunwinjku Art from Injalak 1991–2 92 They hide within rocks during the day and emerge at night after blowing holes in them to make doorways. Some Mimis prefer to shelter in tiny caves and crevices.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of or designating these spirits or the rock art associated with them.

ΚΠ

1951 R. M. Berndt & C. H. Berndt Sexual Behaviour Western Arnhem Land 176 The 'Mi:mi spirits..lived in a rock cave..east of Oenpelli.

1956 C. P. Mountford Rec. Amer.-Austral. Sci. Expedition Arnhem Land I. 112 The Mimi artists had a feeling for composition and movement... Their main subject was man in action, running, fighting, and throwing spears.

1981 J. Mulvaney et al. Aboriginal Austral. 163 Mimi spirits are characterised by their elongated and slender form.

1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) In Arnhem Land, rock painting has been divided into a sequence of four styles, partly on the basis of apparent references to environmental changes. The earliest, the Mimi (a clan of spirit beings) or Dynamic style, is notable for linear human stick figures that wear ornaments, carry spears and boomerangs, and are occasionally endowed with animal heads.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mimi
释义	mimin.adj. Brit. /ˈmiːmi/, U.S. /ˈmimi/, Australian English /ˈmiːmi/ Inflections: Plural mimis, unchanged. Forms: also with capital initial Origin: A borrowing from Kunwinjku. Etymon: Kunwinjku mimih. Etymology: < Kunwinjku (western Arnhem Land, northern Australia) mimih.The final -h in the Kunwinjku word represents a glottal stop in the locally accepted orthography. Cultural Anthropology and Mythology. A. n. A member of a race of spirit people believed by the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land, northern Australia to inhabit the caves of the region, and to be responsible for the rock art found there, which dates from approximately 18,000 to 9,000 b.c. Also: one of the distinctive sticklike figures depicted in this art. ΚΠ 1949 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 780 The art of the Mimi consists largely of single-line drawings, almost exclusively of human beings. 1952 E. Sykes Everyman's Dict. Non-classical Mythol. 142 The difference between the work of the mimis and that of the native today is so great that it must obviously have been the work of an earlier culture which has since migrated or died out. 1964 R. M. Berndt & C. H. Berndt World of First Austral. 7 The beautifully drawn stick figures called mimi, near Oenpelli. 1994 C. A. Dyer Kunwinjku Art from Injalak 1991–2 92 They hide within rocks during the day and emerge at night after blowing holes in them to make doorways. Some Mimis prefer to shelter in tiny caves and crevices. B. adj. (attributive). Of or designating these spirits or the rock art associated with them. ΚΠ 1951 R. M. Berndt & C. H. Berndt Sexual Behaviour Western Arnhem Land 176 The 'Mi:mi spirits..lived in a rock cave..east of Oenpelli. 1956 C. P. Mountford Rec. Amer.-Austral. Sci. Expedition Arnhem Land I. 112 The Mimi artists had a feeling for composition and movement... Their main subject was man in action, running, fighting, and throwing spears. 1981 J. Mulvaney et al. Aboriginal Austral. 163 Mimi spirits are characterised by their elongated and slender form. 1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) In Arnhem Land, rock painting has been divided into a sequence of four styles, partly on the basis of apparent references to environmental changes. The earliest, the Mimi (a clan of spirit beings) or Dynamic style, is notable for linear human stick figures that wear ornaments, carry spears and boomerangs, and are occasionally endowed with animal heads. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1949
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