Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misimitate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: misim-i-tate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To imitate badly; to produce a defective imitation of

Example Sentences

"Whenever anyone for some reason is motivated to improve his speech, he imitates ( or misimitates ) what he thinks to be the community norm ."
"The SK wants his Yatì (vs. the Kavi's weak one!); but the Kavi preserves that and the final rhythm, managing the proper names with a variation of 2b (q.v.), which latter the SK partly misimitates."
"Just as historic styles are distorted, cheapened and misimitated for commercial production, modern designs can be “knocked-off" through imitation that almost always misses the point of the original, copies its least significant aspects, and introduces modifications that distort its real values."
"They have all misheard and misimitated song lyrics without great trauma."

Etymology

From mis- + imitate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misimitates (present, singular) misimitating (participle, present) misimitated (participle, past) misimitated (past)

Questions

What does misimitate mean?: To imitate badly; to produce a defective imitation of
Where does misimitate come from?: From mis- + imitate.

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