单词 | johnanapes |
释义 | † Johnanapesn. Obsolete. rare. (A name given to) a person possessing or exhibiting qualities or behaviour associated with (tame) apes or monkeys, esp. in playing tricks or acting in an impudent or impertinent manner; = jackanapes n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Pongidae (ape) babiona1529 jackanapes1528 Johnanapes1633 man-monkey1651 ape1699 pygmy1699 Simia1719 great ape1771 anthropoid1861 pithecoid1874 man-ape1878 pongid1949 pithecine1962 1633 J. Shirley Bird in Cage ii. i. sig. Dv Roll. If I were at leisure, I would make you shew trickes now. Mo. Do I look like a Johnanapes? 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding v. ii. in Comedies & Trag. 139 He would sit upon's tail before them, and frown, like John a Napes when the Pope is nam'd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019). < n.1633 |
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