lesser ape

[ les-er eyp ]

/ ˈlɛs ər ˈeɪp /

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any member of the four genera of gibbons that make up the family Hylobatidae.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Also called small·er ape

[smaw-ler eyp] /ˈsmɔ lər ˈeɪp/ .

First recorded in 1920–25

The other songs go in to lesser percentages of “me” as you move along.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Some lesser-known live performances from the late rock legend.
Joe Cocker's Deep Live Cuts|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?
The Man Who Invented the Word ‘Genocide’|Nina Strochlic|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The three parades since 9/11 have all been for lesser heroes.
It’s Time for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans to Get a Parade of Their Own|Michael Daly|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Haggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
But I have never once thought of believing that they were specially created to be lesser lights to the Earth.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
And he forgot his lesser self in this crowded atmosphere of ancient divinities and old-world splendour.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
There was a famous Bar, including all the big-wigs of course, and some lesser wigs, and numbering more than twenty in all.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Widder Morse wants to ape these well-to-do folks that live tother end o Whiffle Street.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison