mim

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/mɪm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mim)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
mim  (mim),USA pronunciation adj. [Brit. Dial.]
  1. British Termsprimly modest or demure.
  • perh. blend of, blended mum1 and prim 1670–80

mīm  (mēm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Linguisticsthe twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
  • Arabic

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mim / mɪm/ (mimmer, mimmest)
  1. prim, modest, or demure
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps imitative of lip-pursing
'mim' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Batesian mimicry - Müllerian mimicry - amimia - mime - mimic - mimical - mimosa - moon letter

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