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单词 apish
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apishadj.

Brit. /ˈeɪpɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈeɪpɪʃ/
Etymology: < ape n. + -ish suffix1.
1. Of the nature or appearance of an ape.
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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
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Mii/2 Apish, simialis.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. App. viii. 363 Two devilish apes, or apish devils, I know not which.
2. Ape-like in manner; befitting an ape; fantastically foolish, affected, silly, trifling.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective]
idlec825
giddyc1000
volage?a1366
apec1370
foolisha1382
vain1390
idleful1483
volageous1487
glaikit1488
cock-brained1530
apish1532
empty1550
sillyc1555
frivolous?1563
tickle-headed1583
light-braineda1593
frothy1593
owlish1596
bird-witted1605
empty-headed1614
idle-headed1614
empty-pateda1628
marmosetical1630
grollish1637
feather-headed1647
nonsense1647
whirl-crowned1648
feather-brained1649
swimmering1650
soft-pated1651
weather-headeda1652
shuttlecock1660
drum-headed1664
chicken-brained1678
halokit1724
desipient1727
shatter-pated1727
scattered-brained1747
light-thoughted1777
scatter-brained1804
shandy-pated1806
hellicat1815
feather-pated1819
inane1819
weather-brained1826
bubble-headed1827
tomfoolish1838
bird-brained1892
tottle1894
fluffy1898
scatty1911
wandery1912
scattery1924
twitterpated1943
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 358/2 Mad apishe iesting against the..blessed sacrementes.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 513/1 The Popish priests are appointed to play other apish toyes.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 35. ¶7 Little Apish Tricks and Buffooneries.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. xcvi. 37 He bowed with a thousand apish congês.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. xii. 311 The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy.
3. Ape-like in imitation; unreasoningly imitative.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > apish, mocking, or mimicking
apish1579
mimical1610
zany1616
monkeyish1621
mimic1727
cod1895
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 174/2 This was but an apishe following of that which God had appointed the fathers.
1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 379 We are..but too apish: apt to be led much by examples.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxxix. 47 Men bled In imitation of the things they fear'd, And fought and conquer'd, and the same course steer'd, At apish distance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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