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Pantomime
Definitions
- 1 A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. archaic, countable, uncountable
"[He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone."
- 2 a performance using gestures and body movements without words wordnet
- 3 The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work. Ancient-Rome, countable, uncountable
- 4 A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response, and fairy-tale plots. UK, countable, uncountable
"With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances."
- 5 The act of gesturing without speaking; a dumb-show, a mime. countable, uncountable
"A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds."
- 1 To make (a gesture) without speaking. transitive
"I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me."
- 2 act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only wordnet
- 3 To entertain others by silent gestures or actions. transitive
Etymology
First appears c. 1606, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos), from πᾶς (pâs, “each, all”) + μιμέομαι (miméomai, “I mimic”). The verbal form first appears c. 1768.
First appears c. 1606, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos), from πᾶς (pâs, “each, all”) + μιμέομαι (miméomai, “I mimic”). The verbal form first appears c. 1768.
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