simious
English
Etymology
Latin simia (“ape”), + -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.i.əs/
Adjective
simious (comparative more simious, superlative most simious)
- (archaic) simian; like a monkey
- 1839, Sydney Smith, Ballot
- that strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others
- 1839, Sydney Smith, Ballot
See also
- simio-
References
- simious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913