mimic
/ˈmɪm.ɪk/ noun B2- A mime.
- A comic who does impressions.
- An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
- An imitation.
- A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.
Plural mimics
From the library
The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead of—as is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedy—going home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow,—is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.
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