pantomime

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Circa 17th century, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos), from πᾶς (pâs, each, all) + μιμέομαι (miméomai, I mimic).

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pantomime (countable and uncountable, plural pantomimes)

  1. (now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. [from 17th c.]
    • 1865, Edward Burnett Tylor, Researches into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization:
      [He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.
  2. (historical) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work. [from 17th c.]
  3. (UK) 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. [from 18th c.]
    • 2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      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.
  4. Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime. [from 18th c.]

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Verb

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pantomime (third-person singular simple present pantomimes, present participle pantomiming, simple past and past participle pantomimed)

  1. (transitive) To make (a gesture) without speaking.
    I pantomimed steering a car; he understood, and tossed the keys to me.
  2. (transitive) To entertain others by silent gestures or actions. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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pantomime f (plural pantomimes)

  1. pantomime

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Italian

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pantomime f

  1. plural of pantomima

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pantomīme

  1. vocative singular of pantomīmus