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Definition of Apishness
1. n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
Definition of Apishness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being apish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apishness
Literary usage of Apishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"apishness SLOTH was not so slow in his march when he entered the city, but
apishness (that was to take his turn next) was as quick. Do you not know him ? ..."
2. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"apishness SLOTH was not so slow in his march when he entered the city, but
apishness (that was to take his turn next) was as quick. Do you not know him ? ..."
3. The Seven Deadly Sins by Frederick Rogers (1907)
"In apishness he seems to be attacking that comparatively harmless, if also useless,
personage the fop, and attacking him for Puritan reasons only. ..."
4. A Grammatical Analyzer; Or, The Derivation and Definition of Words with by William Jewett Tenney (1866)
"If to the word apish the suffix ness is added, it becomes apishness. The quality
expressed by the word apish now has an abstract existence, ..."
5. Their Day in Court by Percival Pollard (1909)
"If it were not for the eternal apishness in our majority, those fakers of English
could ... That apishness is proven in much that is spoken by the people, ..."
6. Works by Jean Calvin, Calvin translation society (1849)
"I call it apishness, because they there counterfeit the Lord's Supper without
reason, just as an ape at random and without discernment imitates what he sees ..."
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