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mimickry

mimickry is the obsolete spelling of mimicry.

Meaning of mimicry

Noun

mimicry (countable and uncountable, plural mimicries)

  1. An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
    • They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.

Forms of mimickry

pluralmimickries

Origin of mimickry

From mimick + -ry.

Questions about mimickry

What is mimickry the obsolete spelling of?
Mimickry is the obsolete spelling of mimicry.

Words near mimickry in the dictionary

  1. mimicker
  2. mimickers
  3. mimicking
  4. mimickings
  5. mimickries
  6. mimickry
  7. mimicks
  8. mimicries
  9. mimicry
  10. mimicry plant
  11. mimics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mimickry (page history and authors); mimicry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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