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simious

American  
[sim-ee-uhs] / ˈsɪm i əs /

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characteristic of apes or monkeys; simian.

Other Word Forms

  • simiousness noun
  • subsimious adjective

Etymology

Origin of simious

1795–1805; < Latin sīmi ( a ) ape ( simian ) + -ous

Example Sentences

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Here was native talent forming a channel for itself, in which perhaps it had better run freely, exercising originality, than labour with imitative and simious toil at the manufacture of ideal Art-Alepots.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Philosophy shows us 'twixt monkey and man One simious line in unbroken extendage; Development only since first it began— And chiefly in losing the caudal appendage.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

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