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 a monkey

Etymologies

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Latin simia an ape.

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Examples

  • I shall, in the meanwhile, call these simious narrow skulls of Switzerland

    On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart

  • There is a strong facial resemblance among the simious races -- _Simia

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 10, June 4, 1870 Various

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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