APE
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
(2) Person who resembles a nonhuman primate
(3) Someone who copies the words or behavior of another
verb
(4) Represent in or produce a caricature of
"The drawing caricatured the President"
(5) Imitate uncritically and in every aspect
"Her little brother apes her behavior"
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Etymology
From , from , Common Germanic *apan, cf Old Saxon apo, Old Norse api, , , . Akin to Old Irish apa, Welsh epa, Old Bohemian op, Slovak opitza.
Adjective
Noun
- An animal of a class of primates generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
- An uncivilised person.
Verb
- To imitate.
- 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 454,
- It is not conceived as a mere “aping” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.
- 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 454,