simious
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin simia (“ape”), + -ous.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsimious (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
See also
editReferences
edit- “simious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.