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noun a performance using gestures and body movements without words
verb act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only
originFirst appears c. 1606, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos), from πᾶς (pâs, “each, all”) + μιμέομαι (miméomai, “to mimic”). The verbal form first appears c. 1768.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0