pantomimical

English

Etymology

From pantomime +‎ -ical.

Adjective

pantomimical (comparative more pantomimical, superlative most pantomimical)

1. (now rare) Expressed or carried out using mime or mimicry. [from 17th c.]
   • 1768, Samuel Wallis, An Account of Captain Wallis's Voyage in 1766, 7, and 8, in his Majesty's ship the Dolphin‎^[1], section V:

     The old man, during this pantomimical conversation, in some degree recovered his spirits […].

2. (now rare) Like or pertaining to a pantomime. [from 18th c.]
   • 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:

     By this pantomimical contrivance, and change of scene and character, the parts help each other out in matters which neither of them singly would assume to act.