Apish definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

A'PISH, a. [See Ape.] Having the qualities of an ape; inclined to imitate in a servile manner; hence, foolish, foppish, affected, trifling, insignificant; as, an apish fellow; apish manners.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being or given to servile imitation [syn: apish, apelike]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1527 resembling an ape: as a. extremely silly or affected <apish antics> b. given to slavish imitation • apishly adverb • apishness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of or like an ape. 2 silly, affected. Derivatives: apishly adv. apishness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Apish Ap"ish, a. Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling. The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. --Sir W. Scott.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Imitative (in a servile manner), mimicking. 2. Affected, foppish, trifling.

Moby Thesaurus

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