simious

English

Etymology

Latin simia (“ape”), +‎ -ous.

Adjective

simious (comparative more simious, superlative most simious)

  1. (archaic) simian; like a monkey
    • Sydney Smith
      that strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for simious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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