gibbon

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
  2. noun smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies

Etymology

Reborrowing from French gibbon, folk etymology (compare English Gibbon) ultimately from a Northern Aslian language (compare Batek kəboɲ).

In classic literature

Synonyms

Edward Gibbon

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