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archimimes

archimimes is the plural of archimime.

Meaning of archimime

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)

Questions about archimimes

What is archimimes the plural of?
Archimimes is the plural of archimime.

Words near archimimes in the dictionary

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

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