Mimic

a. [Gr. μιμικός, from μιμεῖσθαι, to imi-

n. 1. One who imitates or mimics; a buffoon who attempts to excite laughter or derision by acting or speaking in the manner of another.

2Sense 2. A mean or servile imitator.

When full grown, it [vanity] is the worst of vices, and the occasional mimic of them all. Burke.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. MIMICKED (mĭm'ikt); p. pr. & vb. n. MIMICKING.] To imitate or ape for sport; to attempt to excite laughter or derision by acting or speaking like another; to ridicule by imitation.

The walk, the words, the gesture could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie. Dryden.

Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him. Wordsworth.

Synonyms—To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.