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simian

[ sim-ee-uhn ]

noun

  1. any of the monkeys or apes, classified into two subdivisions, the platyrrhines (New World monkeys) and the catarrhines (Old World monkeys and apes, including humans). haplorhine.
  2. Disparaging and Offensive. (used as a slur against a member of a racial or ethnic minority group, especially a Black person.)


adjective

  1. of or relating to any of the monkeys or apes.
  2. characteristic of apes or monkeys:

    long, simian fingers.

  3. Disparaging and Offensive. (used to describe a member of a racial or ethnic minority group, especially a Black person.)

simian

/ ˈsɪmɪən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a monkey or ape Also (rare)simiousˈsɪmɪəs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a monkey or ape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

simian

/ sĭmē-ən /

Adjective

  1. Resembling or characteristic of apes or monkeys.


Noun

  1. An ape or monkey. Ther term simian is no longer used in scientific contexts.
  2. Compare prosimian
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Other Words From

  • sim·i·an·i·ty [sim-ee-, an, -i-tee], noun
  • sub·sim·i·an adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simian1

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin sīmi(a) “an ape,” probably from the Greek nickname and personal name Sīmiās (derivative of sīmus “flat-nosed, snub-nosed,” from Greek sīmós ) + -an adjective suffix; -an
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Word History and Origins

Origin of simian1

C17: from Latin sīmia an ape, probably from sīmus flat-nosed, from Greek sīmos
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Example Sentences

Behind-the-canvas anecdotes are delicious, such as when “Candid Camera” host Allen Funt complained that Hirschfeld made him look like a simian.

But soon after they salvaged the illustrated simian, it was actually he who saved them.

After Justice and Simian won Best Video for “We Are Your Friends,” West crashed the stage with an “Aw, hell naw!”

Professor Garner has studied simian speech so carefully that he is able to converse with Monkeys to a limited extent.

The manner in which the worn surface of the tooth slopes downwards and forwards has been claimed as another simian character.

Do you think that the unrestrained performance of Jazz-music conduces to the moral betterment of the simian proletariat?

About that God he writes his first paragraph, untroubled by any simian suspicions.

Up the ladder scrambled, simian in agility, a tall and wiry man of middle age.

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