a sort of mimes or buffoons among the ancients, who entertained the people with extempore effusions of drollery. They were also called Paradoxologi, Ordonarii, Neaniciologi, and Aretalogi. See MIMI.

PARAGAUDÆ, among the Romans, were wreaths of gold, or silk and gold, interwoven in, not sewed to their garments. The garment was sometimes of one colour with one paragauda; sometimes of two colours, with two paragaudæ; of three colours, with three paragaudæ, &c. They were worn both by men and women.