1. [n]  someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
2. [adj]  constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera stage"- Archibald Alison
3. [v]  imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), esp. for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"

1. \Mim"ic\, Mimical \Mim"ic*al\, a. [L. mimicus, Gr. ?, fr.
   ? mime: cf. F. mimique. See {Mime}.]
   1. Imitative; mimetic.
            Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes To imitate
            her.                                  --Milton.
            Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --W.
                                                  Wotton.
   2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as,
      mimic gestures. ``Mimic hootings.'' --Wordsworth.
   3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other
      forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble
      simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
   Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and
         is less dignified than imitative.
   {Mimic beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a beetle that feigns death when
      disturbed, esp. the species of {Hister} and allied genera.
   

2. \Mim"ic\, n.
   One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for
   sport; a copyist; a buffoon. --Burke.
   

3. \Mim"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mimicked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Mimicking}.]
   1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
            The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The
            habit mimic, and the mien belie.      --Dryden.
   2. (Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of
      a totally different nature, or some surrounding object),
      as a means of protection or advantage.
   Syn: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.
   

An early language designed by J.H. Andrews of the NIH in 1967 for solving engineering problems such as differential equations that would otherwise have been done on an analog computer.

["MIMIC, An Alternative Programming Language for Industrial Dynamics, N.D. Peterson, Socio-Econ Plan Sci. 6, Pergamon 1972].