According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
IMITATIVE
counterfeit, imitative
(adjective) not genuine; imitating something superior; “counterfeit emotion”; “counterfeit money”; “counterfeit works of art”; “a counterfeit prince”
imitative
(adjective) marked by or given to imitation; “acting is an imitative art”; “man is an imitative being”
echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
(adjective) (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; “onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises”; “it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term”- Harry Hoijer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
imitative (comparative more imitative, superlative most imitative)
Imitating; copying; not original.
Modelled after another thing.
Synonyms
• epigonous
Antonyms
• creative
• inventive
• original
Source: Wiktionary
Im"i*ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.]
1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original. This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace. Dryden.
3. (Nat. Hist.)
Definition: Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative.
– Im"i*ta*tive*ly, adv.
– Im"i*ta*tive*ness, n.
Im"i*ta*tive, n. (Gram.)
Definition: A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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