mim

¹

[ mim ]

adjective

, British Dialect.

1. primly modest or demure.

mīm

²

[ meem ]

noun

1. the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.

mim

/ mɪm /

adjective

1. dialect.
   prim, modest, or demure

Word History and Origins

Origin of mim¹

1670–80; perhaps blend of mum ¹ and prim ¹

Origin of mim²

From Arabic

Word History and Origins

Origin of mim¹

C17: perhaps imitative of lip-pursing

Example Sentences

Loud blows Heimdall, his horn is raised; Odin speaks with Mim's head.

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Mim's sons dance, but the central tree takes fire at the resounding Giallar-horn.

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Then spake Mim's head its first wise word, and true sayings uttered.

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Ay, an some lucky misses too, mim, that some think he likes as weel.

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Mim swearing most horrible and terrific, in a pink calico pay-place, at the slackness of the public.

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