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noun

Pantomime n.

A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor. (Obs.)

One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist; a mime. "(He) saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone."

A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; a depiction of an event, narrative, or situation using only gestures and bodily movements, without speaking; hence, dumb show, generally.

A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.

adjective

Pantomime adj. Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.

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Etymology of 'Pantomime'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pantomime" Quotes from Famous Books

... plump companion, were engaged in conversation, on the strange incidents which had passed, Fathom acted a very expressive pantomime with this fair buxom nymph, who comprehended his meaning with surprising facility, and was at so little pains to conceal the pleasure she took in this kind of intercourse, that several warm squeezes were interchanged between her ...

— The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Complete • Tobias Smollett

... understand, Count Selim Malagaski understood. So did all the young men who were watching the pantomime. And Kalora understood. She looked up and saw the lurking smiles on the faces of the two gallants who were carrying her, and later the tittering became louder and some of ...

— The Slim Princess • George Ade

... as I was calling out, he reappeared; this time he was bearing a rifle and a bandolier. This was disconcerting. "I saw the man," he began calmly, "and with my hands I killed him by pulling on the throat—thus." He made a horrid pantomime with his hands. Behind a wall we found the red and black tunic of a Chinese soldier, the sash and the boots, but of a corpse there was no sign. I was glad I understood. "What do you mean by deceiving me?" I sternly asked the carter. "These are yours, and it was ...

— Indiscreet Letters From Peking • B. L. Putman Weale

... right; at least I thought so. Suddenly I perceived the eyes of Madame de Noailles fixed on mine. She made a sign with her head, and then raised her eyebrows to the top of her forehead, lowered them, raised them again, and then began to make little signs with her hand. From all this pantomime, I could easily perceive that something was not as it should be; and as I looked about on all sides to find out what it was, the agitation of the countess kept increasing. Maria Antoinette, who perceived all ...

— Maria Antoinette - Makers of History • John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

... unconcerned, while still not releasing me from strict surveillance; he dressed his feathers a little, uttering a soft whisper to himself, as if he said, "Well, I never!" then looked me over again more carefully than before. This pantomime went on for half an hour or more; and no one who had looked for that length of time into the eyes of a blue jay could doubt his intelligence, or that he had his thoughts and his well-defined opinions, that he had studied his observer very much as she had studied him, and ...

— A Bird-Lover in the West • Olive Thorne Miller

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