/mim"i tuyt', muy"mi-/ , n.
a mineral, lead chloroarsenate, Pb 5 As 3 O 12 Cl, occurring in yellow to brown prismatic crystals or globular masses: a minor ore of lead.
[ 1850-55; mimet ( és ) imitator (equiv. to mime- (see MIMESIS) + -tes agent suffix) + -ITE 1 ]