‖ mimiambi, n. pl.
(maɪ-, mɪmɪˈæmbaɪ)
(In Dicts. as sing. mimiambus.)
[L., a. Gr. µῑµίαµβοι pl., f. µῖµο-ς mime n. + ἴαµβος iambus.]
Mimes written in iambic or scazontic verse.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Mimiambus, a kind of Verse, anciently us'd in Lampoons, Farces, &c. 1721 in Bailey. 1905 Academy 4 Nov. 1145/1 The mimiambi of Herodas. |