anthropoidaladj.

Brit.

/ˌanθrəˈpɔɪdl/, U.S.

/ˌænθrəˈpɔɪd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anthropoid n., -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < anthropoid n. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier anthropoid adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of apes, or primates of the group Anthropoidea (see anthropoid n. 2); = anthropoid adj. 2.Now rare in technical use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > [adjective] > of human form

two-legged1560

manlike1590

walkinga1616

hominiform1678

human-like1748

anthropomorphous1753

anthropomorphic1827

anthropoid1835

personified1851

bimanal1859

anthropoidal1865

humanoid1914

hominoid1950

android-

1865 W. Howell Two Worlds i. 47 Some anthropoidal bones have come to light, Mixed with remains of animals extinct.

1877 Bibliotheca Sacra Jan. 73 The anthropoidal progenitor gradually became extinct.

1935 Science 12 July 26/1 Yet this skull displayed also a mixture of anthropoidal and modern human features.

1955 Yearbk. Anthropol. 1955 66/1 Piltdown.., with its sapiens brain-box and its anthropoidal lower face, suggested the possibility that the development of the brain had led the rest of the body.

2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True viii. 208 But I knew at a glance that what lay in my hands was no ordinary anthropoidal brain.

2. Of apelike form or character; = anthropoid adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > Old World > of superfamily Hominoidea > of family Pongidae > of or relating to apes > like an ape

apish1570

simian1607

simious1807

simial1830

pithecoid1860

simioid1863

simiad1872

anthropoidal1885

1885 H. Knollys Eng. Life in China v. 218 Are these bustling throngs really our fellow-creatures? Are they not anthropoidal demoniacal baboons?

1921 G. F. Lydston Trusty Five-fifteen ii. xix. 321 When he saw Stubby going through his display of anthropoidal awkwardness in the one things of all others in which the old warrior took especial pride, he was decidedly taken aback.

1965 Times 11 Jan. 5/1 At times they showed a suspicion of rather unnecessarily anthropoidal violence.

1988 Plays Internat. Aug. 34/1 Alfredo Arias' anthropoidal production..had the cast walking on the back of their hands.

2000 Sci. Fiction Stud. 27 421 Others proposed that with his pronouncedly simian features, he [sc. Neanderthal] was an anthropoidal man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	anthropoidal
释义	anthropoidaladj. Brit. /ˌanθrəˈpɔɪdl/, U.S. /ˌænθrəˈpɔɪd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anthropoid n., -al suffix¹. Etymology: < anthropoid n. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier anthropoid adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of apes, or primates of the group Anthropoidea (see anthropoid n. 2); = anthropoid adj. 2.Now rare in technical use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [adjective] > of human form two-legged1560 manlike1590 walkinga1616 hominiform1678 human-like1748 anthropomorphous1753 anthropomorphic1827 anthropoid1835 personified1851 bimanal1859 anthropoidal1865 humanoid1914 hominoid1950 android- 1865 W. Howell Two Worlds i. 47 Some anthropoidal bones have come to light, Mixed with remains of animals extinct. 1877 Bibliotheca Sacra Jan. 73 The anthropoidal progenitor gradually became extinct. 1935 Science 12 July 26/1 Yet this skull displayed also a mixture of anthropoidal and modern human features. 1955 Yearbk. Anthropol. 1955 66/1 Piltdown.., with its sapiens brain-box and its anthropoidal lower face, suggested the possibility that the development of the brain had led the rest of the body. 2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True viii. 208 But I knew at a glance that what lay in my hands was no ordinary anthropoidal brain. 2. Of apelike form or character; = anthropoid adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > Old World > of superfamily Hominoidea > of family Pongidae > of or relating to apes > like an ape apish1570 simian1607 simious1807 simial1830 pithecoid1860 simioid1863 simiad1872 anthropoidal1885 1885 H. Knollys Eng. Life in China v. 218 Are these bustling throngs really our fellow-creatures? Are they not anthropoidal demoniacal baboons? 1921 G. F. Lydston Trusty Five-fifteen ii. xix. 321 When he saw Stubby going through his display of anthropoidal awkwardness in the one things of all others in which the old warrior took especial pride, he was decidedly taken aback. 1965 Times 11 Jan. 5/1 At times they showed a suspicion of rather unnecessarily anthropoidal violence. 1988 Plays Internat. Aug. 34/1 Alfredo Arias' anthropoidal production..had the cast walking on the back of their hands. 2000 Sci. Fiction Stud. 27 421 Others proposed that with his pronouncedly simian features, he [sc. Neanderthal] was an anthropoidal man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1865
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