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Definition of Apish
1. Adjective. Being or given to servile imitation.
Definition of Apish
1. a. Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Definition of Apish
1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of an ape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apish
1. slavishly or foolishly imitative [adj] : APISHLY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apish
Literary usage of Apish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"Sometimes, however, his prodigality of antithesis fatigues; an overweening vanity
and apish ostentation often peep out from beneath a thin screen of ..."
2. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"... That hops about the chamber where I lie, And spends the night, that might be
better spent, In vain discourse and apish merriment: Come thither ! ..."
3. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"But, thanks be to God, nothing was blown up but the treason, or brought to
execution but the traitors. 31—34. The apish ..."
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