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pantomime

pan.to.mime \'pant-*-.mi-m\ \.pant-*-'mim-ik\ n [L pantomimus, fr. pant- + 
   mimus mime] 1: PANTOMIMIST  2a: an ancient Roman dramatic performance 
   featuring a solo dancer and a nar rative chorus 2b: any of various dramatic 
   or dancing performances in which a story is tol d by expressive bodily or 
   facial movements esp. in drama or dance 4: the art or genre of conveying a 
   story by bodily movements only  - pantomime vb