mimicryn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪmᵻkri/, U.S.

/ˈmɪmᵻkri/

Forms: 1600s mimmickry, 1700s– mimickry, 1700s– mimicry.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mimic n., -ry suffix.

Etymology: < mimic n. + -ry suffix.

a. The action, practice, or art of copying or closely imitating, or (in early use) of reproducing through mime; esp. imitation of the speech or mannerisms of another in order to entertain or ridicule.

ΚΠ

1671 E. Howard Six Days Adventure Pref. sig. A3 The humour of the age is so much inclin'd to favour low, and farce-like Mimikry, together with common place wit.

1701 T. Baker Humour of Age 10 For their ridiculous Mimicry pleases themselves, and serves for a Foil.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 235 Or make the parrot's mimickry his choice, That odious libel on an human voice.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 78 The chase I follow far, 'Tis mimicry of noble war.

1829 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters i. 58 Mimickry, common to all children, was remarkable in me.

1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1874) iii. 49 The successful mimicry of the measure of a Greek song.

1903 R. D. Shaw Pauline Epist. 175 A learned and distinguished Comedian..daily went through his antics and mimicry on the Capitol.

1930 C. Wittke Tambo & Bones iv. 157 The take-offs on theatrical stars..often displayed rare powers of mimicry.

1997 Theatre July 8/1 When I discovered my talent for mimicry, I used that... I would walk round the teacher copying her walk, or take the class in before she arrived in the morning, things like that.

b. An act, instance, or mode of copying or imitating; a product of imitation, a copy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun]

imitation?1504

mimesisa1586

imitating1591

mocking1611

mockage1615

samplinga1638

exemplification1650

facsimilea1661

mimature1663

mimicry1688

copying1712

mimic1832

patterning1845

simulation1870

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > an imitation

resemblant1484

patterna1500

counterfeiture1548

counterfeit1587

idol1590

reduplication1592

copy1596

module1608

imitationa1616

mockage1615

echo1622

conduplicationa1631

transcript1646

ectype1647

mime1650

duplicating1659

mimicry1688

replication1692

shadow1693

reproduction1701

mimication?1715

repetition1774

replicate1821

autotype1829

replica1841

re-creation1915

retake1922

mock-up1957

reprise1961

1688 N. N. Old Popery as Good as New 17 Those trivial upstart Mimmickries of them [sc. the Roman Church] practiced only within the narrow Limits of the Church of England.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 169. ¶4 We shall find it [sc. Good-Breeding] to be nothing else but an Imitation and Mimickry of Good-nature.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 219 They [sc. monkeys] soon begin to exert all their sportive mimickries.

1804 J. Farington Diary 1 July (1923) II. lxxi. 263 He sd. the religion established by Buonaparte was a mimickry of true religion.

1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. 236 The Latin apologists..had denounced the myths and oracles of paganism as Satanic mimicries.

1879 C. H. Wilson in Encycl. Brit. X. 673/2 In France an imitative school..has executed mimicries of ancient glass painting.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel v. 48 The mimicry was so perfect, the tone of the voice so accurately reproduced, that both the young men joined in a hearty, cheerful ‘Bravo!’

1990 B. Cornwell Crackdown 52 I mimicked his slow accent, and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me, and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry.

c. in mimicry of: in imitation of.

ΚΠ

1814 R. Southey Roderick viii. 103 As if in mimickry of insect play.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlviii. 139 [He] wore a lion's skin, and armed himself with a club, in mimicry of Hercules.

1895 Catholic World Dec. 390 Father Hallan had royally described what these actors were able to do in mimicry of real life.

1953 E. Wilkins & E. Kaiser tr. R. Musil Man without Qualities I. lxix. 344 He had produced the myrmeleon and myrmeleonina slightly in mimicry of Arnheim's cultured omniscience.

1996 B. Sterling Holy Fire 4 The building's internal lighting glowed in superrealist mimicry of northern California sunlight.

2. Biology. The close external resemblance of an animal or plant (or part of one) to another, or to an inanimate object; a similar resemblance between parts or features.Batesian, Mertensian mimicry: see the first element. Cf. also Müllerian adj.³

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > mimicry

mimicry1816

mimesis1846

mimetism1918

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > similarity between different organisms > mimesis

mimicry1816

mimesis1846

mimetism1870

Batesian mimicry1896

the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > mimicry

mimicry1951

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxi. 220 The Spectre tribe..go still further in this mimicry.

1861 Trans. Linn. Soc. 23 509 The author enumerates many very singular cases of mimicry; he also states his belief that the mimicry is intended to protect the insects from their enemies.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II (at cited word) We must always remember that the Mimicry, however produced, is unconscious.

1918 A. H. Thayer Concealing-coloration in Animal Kingdom ii. 25 We have..Obliterative Coloration, and Mimicry, as the two main principles of Protective Coloration.

1931 R. N. Chapman Animal Ecol. viii. 190 It seems likely that many controversies over protective coloration, mimicry, and resemblance might find the solution if they were investigated from the viewpoint of their contributions to the maintenance of the population of the species.

1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1304/1 There is often such resemblance between plants which themselves possess no special protective apparatus and those that do as to suggest that ‘mimicry’ occurs among them in the same way as it does among insects.

1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvi. 268 Some plants are barely recognizable as plants at all, and these are the mimicry plants which are some of the most famous plants in the world.

1974 A. J. Huxley Plant & Planet (1978) xiv. 171 The mimicry of animal shape and hairs in these Ophrys..is one of the most remarkable pieces of evolutionary adaptation on record.

1990 Sci. Amer. June 57/1 Unlike passive mimicry (whereby camouflage..provides a certain degree of protection from one's predators), aggressive mimicry requires that an animal imitate a specific object, both physically and behaviourally, in order to gain some advantage from it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mimicry
释义	mimicryn. Brit. /ˈmɪmᵻkri/, U.S. /ˈmɪmᵻkri/ Forms: 1600s mimmickry, 1700s– mimickry, 1700s– mimicry. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mimic n., -ry suffix. Etymology: < mimic n. + -ry suffix. 1. a. The action, practice, or art of copying or closely imitating, or (in early use) of reproducing through mime; esp. imitation of the speech or mannerisms of another in order to entertain or ridicule. ΚΠ 1671 E. Howard Six Days Adventure Pref. sig. A3 The humour of the age is so much inclin'd to favour low, and farce-like Mimikry, together with common place wit. 1701 T. Baker Humour of Age 10 For their ridiculous Mimicry pleases themselves, and serves for a Foil. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 235 Or make the parrot's mimickry his choice, That odious libel on an human voice. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 78 The chase I follow far, 'Tis mimicry of noble war. 1829 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters i. 58 Mimickry, common to all children, was remarkable in me. 1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1874) iii. 49 The successful mimicry of the measure of a Greek song. 1903 R. D. Shaw Pauline Epist. 175 A learned and distinguished Comedian..daily went through his antics and mimicry on the Capitol. 1930 C. Wittke Tambo & Bones iv. 157 The take-offs on theatrical stars..often displayed rare powers of mimicry. 1997 Theatre July 8/1 When I discovered my talent for mimicry, I used that... I would walk round the teacher copying her walk, or take the class in before she arrived in the morning, things like that. b. An act, instance, or mode of copying or imitating; a product of imitation, a copy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] imitation?1504 mimesisa1586 imitating1591 mocking1611 mockage1615 samplinga1638 exemplification1650 facsimilea1661 mimature1663 mimicry1688 copying1712 mimic1832 patterning1845 simulation1870 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > an imitation resemblant1484 patterna1500 counterfeiture1548 counterfeit1587 idol1590 reduplication1592 copy1596 module1608 imitationa1616 mockage1615 echo1622 conduplicationa1631 transcript1646 ectype1647 mime1650 duplicating1659 mimicry1688 replication1692 shadow1693 reproduction1701 mimication?1715 repetition1774 replicate1821 autotype1829 replica1841 re-creation1915 retake1922 mock-up1957 reprise1961 1688 N. N. Old Popery as Good as New 17 Those trivial upstart Mimmickries of them [sc. the Roman Church] practiced only within the narrow Limits of the Church of England. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 169. ¶4 We shall find it [sc. Good-Breeding] to be nothing else but an Imitation and Mimickry of Good-nature. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 219 They [sc. monkeys] soon begin to exert all their sportive mimickries. 1804 J. Farington Diary 1 July (1923) II. lxxi. 263 He sd. the religion established by Buonaparte was a mimickry of true religion. 1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. 236 The Latin apologists..had denounced the myths and oracles of paganism as Satanic mimicries. 1879 C. H. Wilson in Encycl. Brit. X. 673/2 In France an imitative school..has executed mimicries of ancient glass painting. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel v. 48 The mimicry was so perfect, the tone of the voice so accurately reproduced, that both the young men joined in a hearty, cheerful ‘Bravo!’ 1990 B. Cornwell Crackdown 52 I mimicked his slow accent, and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me, and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry. c. in mimicry of: in imitation of. ΚΠ 1814 R. Southey Roderick viii. 103 As if in mimickry of insect play. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlviii. 139 [He] wore a lion's skin, and armed himself with a club, in mimicry of Hercules. 1895 Catholic World Dec. 390 Father Hallan had royally described what these actors were able to do in mimicry of real life. 1953 E. Wilkins & E. Kaiser tr. R. Musil Man without Qualities I. lxix. 344 He had produced the myrmeleon and myrmeleonina slightly in mimicry of Arnheim's cultured omniscience. 1996 B. Sterling Holy Fire 4 The building's internal lighting glowed in superrealist mimicry of northern California sunlight. 2. Biology. The close external resemblance of an animal or plant (or part of one) to another, or to an inanimate object; a similar resemblance between parts or features.Batesian, Mertensian mimicry: see the first element. Cf. also Müllerian adj.³ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > mimicry mimicry1816 mimesis1846 mimetism1918 the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > similarity between different organisms > mimesis mimicry1816 mimesis1846 mimetism1870 Batesian mimicry1896 the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > mimicry mimicry1951 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxi. 220 The Spectre tribe..go still further in this mimicry. 1861 Trans. Linn. Soc. 23 509 The author enumerates many very singular cases of mimicry; he also states his belief that the mimicry is intended to protect the insects from their enemies. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II (at cited word) We must always remember that the Mimicry, however produced, is unconscious. 1918 A. H. Thayer Concealing-coloration in Animal Kingdom ii. 25 We have..Obliterative Coloration, and Mimicry, as the two main principles of Protective Coloration. 1931 R. N. Chapman Animal Ecol. viii. 190 It seems likely that many controversies over protective coloration, mimicry, and resemblance might find the solution if they were investigated from the viewpoint of their contributions to the maintenance of the population of the species. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1304/1 There is often such resemblance between plants which themselves possess no special protective apparatus and those that do as to suggest that ‘mimicry’ occurs among them in the same way as it does among insects. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvi. 268 Some plants are barely recognizable as plants at all, and these are the mimicry plants which are some of the most famous plants in the world. 1974 A. J. Huxley Plant & Planet (1978) xiv. 171 The mimicry of animal shape and hairs in these Ophrys..is one of the most remarkable pieces of evolutionary adaptation on record. 1990 Sci. Amer. June 57/1 Unlike passive mimicry (whereby camouflage..provides a certain degree of protection from one's predators), aggressive mimicry requires that an animal imitate a specific object, both physically and behaviourally, in order to gain some advantage from it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1671
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