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Definition of Simious
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Simiæ; monkeylike.
Definition of Simious
1. Adjective. (archaic) simian; like a monkey ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Simious
1. pertaining to simians [adj] - See also: simians
Lexicographical Neighbors of Simious
Literary usage of Simious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1866)
"On certain simious Skulls, with especial reference to a Skutt from, Louth, i*
Ireland. By C. CARTER BLAKE, Ph.D., FQS, FASL The author said the skull ..."
2. Primary Convictions: Being Discussions of which the Greater Part Were by William Alexander (1893)
"It created that type of Christian gentleness which we see in our mothers whose
skulls the anatomist finds simious characters so well developed, ..."
3. On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"I shall, in the meanwhile, call these simious narrow skulls of Switzerland '
Apostle skulls,' as I imagine that in life they must have resembled the type of ..."
4. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1866)
"The Moulin-Quignon jaw, quietly sleeping in the Paris Museum of Natural History ;
genuine or not, it is certainly not " simious." ,v. ..."
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