单词 | apish |
释义 | apishadj. 1. Of the nature or appearance of an ape. 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 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1532 |
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