Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pantomime"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pantomime \Pan"to*mime\, n. [F., fr. L. pantomimus, Gr. ?, lit.,
all-imitating; ?, ?, all + ? to imitate: cf. It. pantomimo.
See {Mimic}.]
1. A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also,
any actor. [Obs.]
2. One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only,
without speaking; a pantomimist.
[He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could
follow the performance from the action alone.
--Tylor.
3. A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb
show; hence, dumb show, generally.
4. A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb
acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing
by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pantomime \Pan"to*mime\, a.
Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a
pantomime dance.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pantomime
n : a performance using gestures and body movements without
words [syn: {mime}, {dumb show}]
v : act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements
only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" [syn: {mime}]
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