simiousadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɪmɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈsɪmiəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sīmia , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin sīmia Simia n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier simian adj.

Now rare.

Characteristic of apes; resembling or reminiscent of (that of) an ape; apelike. Cf. simian adj. 1a.

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

simian1774

simious1807

simial1827

pithecoid1860

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

1807 ‘P. Plymley’ Three More Lett. on Catholics iii. 5 (note) That simious parasite who is always grinning at his heels.

c1835 S. Smith Ballot in Wks. (1859) II. 307/1 That strange simious schoolboy passion of giving pain to others.

1864 Sat. Rev. 21 May Neither woman nor man, but some simious interloper from Equatorial Africa.

1887 G. Salmon Non-miraculous Christ. (ed. 2) 141 Tribes of simious men gradually groping their way..from savage ignorance to..limited knowledge.

1917 Harper's Mag. Nov. 840/1 At our approach, he [sc. our jarvey] is back on his seat with a simious leap.

1985 I. Stuart Growing Concern xi. 97 I took in his..square, practical hands with the dark hair growing down from his wrists across the backs of them. Ugly, simious hands.

Derivatives

ˈsimiousness n.

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) > condition or quality of being

apehood1825

apedom1852

simiousness1856

1856 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 108/2 Not because fierce and ignorant Africans revelled in the Saturnalia of what, for want of a better word, we must call simiousness.

1878 Fraser's Mag. 17 59 The obtrusive simiousness of the Mongolian features.

1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) ix. 142 Harold Peasenhulme had..refused to give her the good mating every female requires from an alpha if she's to grow up happy, well adjusted, comfortable with her very sense of femininity and simiousness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	simious
释义	simiousadj. Brit. /ˈsɪmɪəs/, U.S. /ˈsɪmiəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sīmia , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin sīmia Simia n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier simian adj. Now rare. Characteristic of apes; resembling or reminiscent of (that of) an ape; apelike. Cf. simian adj. 1a. 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 simian1774 simious1807 simial1827 pithecoid1860 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 1807 ‘P. Plymley’ Three More Lett. on Catholics iii. 5 (note) That simious parasite who is always grinning at his heels. c1835 S. Smith Ballot in Wks. (1859) II. 307/1 That strange simious schoolboy passion of giving pain to others. 1864 Sat. Rev. 21 May Neither woman nor man, but some simious interloper from Equatorial Africa. 1887 G. Salmon Non-miraculous Christ. (ed. 2) 141 Tribes of simious men gradually groping their way..from savage ignorance to..limited knowledge. 1917 Harper's Mag. Nov. 840/1 At our approach, he [sc. our jarvey] is back on his seat with a simious leap. 1985 I. Stuart Growing Concern xi. 97 I took in his..square, practical hands with the dark hair growing down from his wrists across the backs of them. Ugly, simious hands. Derivatives ˈsimiousness n. 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) > condition or quality of being apehood1825 apedom1852 simiousness1856 1856 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 108/2 Not because fierce and ignorant Africans revelled in the Saturnalia of what, for want of a better word, we must call simiousness. 1878 Fraser's Mag. 17 59 The obtrusive simiousness of the Mongolian features. 1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) ix. 142 Harold Peasenhulme had..refused to give her the good mating every female requires from an alpha if she's to grow up happy, well adjusted, comfortable with her very sense of femininity and simiousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1807
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