Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
simian .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Simiæ; monkeylike.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
simian ; like amonkey
Etymologies
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Examples
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I shall, in the meanwhile, call these simious narrow skulls of Switzerland
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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There is a strong facial resemblance among the simious races -- _Simia
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The prophet Hud remonstrated; but his remonstrances went for nothing, and the indignant monarch and his courtiers suddenly found their visages simious, their tongues chattering, and their lower portions furnished with tails -- a species of transformation, which, so far as regards visage and tongue, is supposed to be not unfrequent among courtiers to this day.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various
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This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw, gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by. his writhing, unnatural posture.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw, gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by. his writhing, unnatural posture.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
A Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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