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SIMIOUS
Etymology
Adjective
simious (comparative more simious, superlative most simious)
(archaic) simian; like a monkey
Source: Wiktionary
Sim"i*ous, a.Etym: [L. simia an ape.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Simian. That strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others. Sydney Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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