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archimime

/ˈɑːkɪmaɪm/

archimime noun: the chief jester or mimic who would imitate the dead person as part of ancient Roman funeral processions.

Noun

archimime (plural archimimes)

  1. The chief jester or mimic who would imitate the dead person as part of ancient Roman funeral processions.
    • 1658: The Archimime or Jester attending the Funerall train, and imitating the speeches, gesture, and manners of the deceased, was too light for such solemnities — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 37)

Forms of archimime

pluralarchimimes

Origin of archimime

From Latin archimimus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχίμῖμος (arkhímîmos).

Questions about archimime

What does archimime mean?
Archimime means the chief jester or mimic who would imitate the dead person as part of ancient Roman funeral processions.
What part of speech is archimime?
Archimime is a noun.
How do you pronounce archimime?
Archimime is pronounced /ˈɑːkɪmaɪm/.
What is the plural of archimime?
The plural of archimime is archimimes.

Words near archimime in the dictionary

  1. Archimedes screws
  2. Archimedes' constant
  3. Archimedes' principle
  4. Archimedes' screw
  5. Archimedes' screws
  6. archimime
  7. archimimes
  8. archimollusc
  9. archimollusk
  10. archimperialist
  11. archimperialists

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