Adept at apery

• Imitative
• Marked by apery

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "having an aptitude for mimicry," from Greek mimetikos "imitative, good at imitating," from mimetos , verbal adjective of mimeisthai "to imitate." Originally of persons, attested of animals or plants from 1851. Related: Mimetical (1610s); mimetically ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mimetic \Mi*met"ic\ (?; 277), Mimetical \Mi*met"ic*al\, [Gr. ?, fr. ? to imitate.] Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative. (Biol.) Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Exhibiting mimesis n. 1 Something #Adjective or imitative. 2 (context education English) A type of mnemonic. 3 (context pharmacology English) A substance with similar pharmacological effects to another substance.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A mimetic butterfly is one that resembles another kind of butterfly-usually a poisonous one. ▪ And, conversely, does mimetic illusionism-the anthropomorphic statue-always fail as art? ▪ For example, does the precision of ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images" exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton