apish
Americanadjective
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having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
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slavishly imitative.
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foolishly affected; silly.
adjective
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stupid; foolish
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resembling an ape
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slavishly imitative
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Origin of apish
Example Sentences
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The shoulders were apish too, and the widely flaring blades of the pelvis were as primitive as Lucy’s—but the bottom of the same pelvis looked like a modern human’s.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 10, 2015
According to evolutionary theorists , we probably owe these unsavory blemishes to our having lost our apish pelts too rapidly for our own good.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2011
The original Pithecanthropus consisted of an apish skull, a very human thighbone, a few "ambiguous" teeth.
From Time Magazine Archive
But unlike its apish kin, it had a clearly human characteristic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, many have told of the monkeys of old, What a pleasant race they were, And it seems most true that I and you Are derived from an apish pair.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
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