apian
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of apian
1860–65; < Latin api ( s ) bee + -an; compare Latin apiānus muscat
Explanation
The adjective apian describes anything having to do with bees. Your coworker might describe your outfit as apian if you wear your black skirt with a yellow sweater and tights. You could call your fancy new beehive "an apian mansion," or say that your dabbling in beekeeping is an apian hobby. Biologists might refer to apian behavior or apian characteristics when they're talking about bees. Apian comes from the Latin word apianus, from the root word apis, or "bee."
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Example Sentences
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Meet a homo sapien who specializes in all things apian in the new docuseries “Bee Czar.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2022
One must move thoughtfully and deliberately around a beehive — a kind of apian tai-chi.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2021
Yes, apian death gets passing mention, but Wallace-Wells is more concerned with the prospect of human suffering and even extinction.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2019
Luster has since moved to Oregon, but has left behind a thriving community of enthusiastic apian professionals who each keep anywhere from two to 100 hives throughout King County.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2018
For the human shell is not merely geometrical and architectural, like those of apian or beaverish communities; it holds and expresses all those differences by which we are exalted above the bee or the beaver.
From Civics: as Applied Sociology by Geddes, Patrick
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