APE

ape

(noun) any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all

anthropoid, ape

(noun) person who resembles a nonhuman primate

copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper

(noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another

caricature, ape

(verb) represent in or produce a caricature of; “The drawing caricatured the President”

ape

(verb) imitate uncritically and in every aspect; “Her little brother apes her behavior”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

ape (plural apes)

A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

Any such primate other than a human.

(derogatory) An uncivilised person.

One who apes; a foolish imitator.

Hyponyms

• (young or small): apeling, apelet (uncommon)

• (female): apess (rare)

• See also ape

Verb

ape (third-person singular simple present apes, present participle apeing or aping, simple past and past participle aped)

(intransitive) To behave like an ape.

(transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.

Etymology 2

Adjective

ape (not comparable)

(slang) Wild; crazy.

Anagrams

• EAP, EPA, PAE, PEA, Pae, Pea, pea

Source: Wiktionary

Ape, n. Etym: [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.

Note: The ape of the Old Testament was prqobably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms.

2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. Byron.

3. A dupe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aped; p. pr. & vb. n. Aping.]

Definition: To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. "How he apes his sire." Addison. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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