simian

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin sīmia (“ape, monkey”), from Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”).

That awful awakening in the cold of an unknown epoch--perhaps an attack by the furry, frantically barking quadrupeds, and a dazed defense against them and the equally frantic white simians with the queer wrappings and paraphernalia! — At the mountains of madness, H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

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