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apish

[ ey-pish ]

adjective

  1. having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
  2. slavishly imitative.
  3. foolishly affected; silly.


apish

/ ˈeɪpɪʃ /

adjective

  1. stupid; foolish
  2. resembling an ape
  3. slavishly imitative


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Derived Forms

  • ˈapishly, adverb
  • ˈapishness, noun

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Other Words From

  • apish·ly adverb
  • apish·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of apish1

First recorded in 1525–35; ape + -ish 1

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Example Sentences

He came shuffling forward with a hundred apish conges and chers milors, to express his happiness at seeing Lord Dalgarno again.

He was broadly built, with long apish arms and a mighty chest, but with lean loins and thin bandy legs.

Vanity and the desire of showing off play no small part in the wrongdoings of apes and apish men and women.

That apish-looking man there, with the long beard and the loose trousers—he is the woman's brother.

Even Plutarch himself laments his daughter for the little apish tricks of her infancy.

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