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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sim-ee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm i ən


Définition of simian

Origin :
  • "characteristic of monkeys or apes," c.1600, from Latin simia "ape," from simus "snub-nosed," from Greek simos "snub-nosed" (like the Scythians), also a masculine proper name, of unknown origin. Biological meaning "pertaining to monkeys" is from 1863. The noun meaning "an ape or monkey" first is attested in 1880.
  • noun ape
Example sentences :
  • The Harvard hellions (it is his own term) were indefatigable, simian, pitiless.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • But the curiosity of a simian is as excessive as the toil of an ant.
  • Extract from : « This Simian World » by Clarence Day
  • They will use up a lot of it in a simian habit3 called travel.
  • Extract from : « This Simian World » by Clarence Day
  • Consider the simian amorousness of Jupiter, and the brawls on Olympus.
  • Extract from : « This Simian World » by Clarence Day
  • Whatever a simian does, there must always be some talking about it.
  • Extract from : « This Simian World » by Clarence Day
  • The simian submits with odd readiness to the loss of this privilege.
  • Extract from : « This Simian World » by Clarence Day
  • You might as well speak of the human language as the Simian language.
  • Extract from : « A House-Boat on the Styx » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • The doctor was indignant when he found that his patient was of the Simian persuasion.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Stories » by Various
  • With a wail of anguish the simian clutched at the precious object.
  • Extract from : « The Onslaught from Rigel » by Fletcher Pratt
  • About that God he writes his first paragraph, untroubled by any simian suspicions.
  • Extract from : « Great Ralegh » by Hugh De Selincourt

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