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apish
[ ey-pish ]
adjective
- having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- slavishly imitative.
- foolishly affected; silly.
apish
/ ˈeɪpɪʃ /
adjective
- stupid; foolish
- resembling an ape
- slavishly imitative
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Derived Forms
- ˈapishly, adverb
- ˈapishness, noun
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Other Words From
- apish·ly adverb
- apish·ness noun
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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.
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He was broadly built, with long apish arms and a mighty chest, but with lean loins and thin bandy legs.
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Vanity and the desire of showing off play no small part in the wrongdoings of apes and apish men and women.
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That apish-looking man there, with the long beard and the loose trousers—he is the woman's brother.
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Even Plutarch himself laments his daughter for the little apish tricks of her infancy.
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