mimiamb UK /ˈmɪmɪam(b)/US /ˈmɪmiˌæm(b)/ noun1 •(rare) A short humorous dramatic scene in verse.Its discovery, after a sleep of some five centuries and a half, will be as great a surprise to meteorologists as a new classical text, such as the ‘Mimiambs’ of Herondas, to Greek scholars. — 1891 formsmimiambs