PANTOMIME

I. noun Etymology: Latin pantomimus, from pant- + mimus mime Date: 1589 pantomimist , 2. an ancient Roman dramatic performance featuring a solo dancer and a narrative chorus, any of various dramatic or dancing performances in which a story is told by expressive bodily or facial movements of the performers, a British theatrical entertainment of the Christmas season based on a nursery tale and featuring topical songs, tableaux, and dances, 3. conveyance of a story by bodily or facial movements especially in drama or dance, the art or genre of conveying a story by bodily movements only, pantomimic adjective II. verb (-mimed; -miming) Date: 1768 intransitive verb to engage in ~, transitive verb to represent by ~