apish

[Eng. ap (e); -ish. In Ger. apisch.] 1. Prone to imitate in a servile manner, as an ape might do; hence also foppish, affected. "Report of fashions in proud Italy, Whose manners still our tardy dy apish nation Limps after, in base imitation. Shakesp.: Richard II ., ii. L 2. Playful, wanton, like an ape; hence, also, silly, trifling, insignificant. "And apish folly, with her wild resort Of wit and jest, disturbs the solemn court." "And this is but apish sophistry IMG:content-0612.jpg:[blocks in formation] So a-pis-tēs, a-pis'-tos, a-pis-tus, s . [Gr. ἄπιστος ( apistos ) = faithle , not to be trusted: a, priv., and πιστός ( pistos ) = faithful. called because a strong suborbital spine jutting out from the cheek of the fish so designated becomes a perfidious weapon.] A genus of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the family Triglidæ. They are of small size, and are somewhat allied to Blennius. They rise into the air like ordinary flying-fish. Ehrenberg seeing the abundance in the Red Sea of the A. Israeli to rum, or Sea-locust, supposed that it might be the Scriptural quail. (QUAIL.] ta-pit-păt, adv . [Eng. a; pit ; pat . A word the sound of which is designed to imitate the movement or action which it describes.] Palpitating, or palp it a tingly; beating with more than average force. Applied to the heart; more usually in the form PIT-A-PAT. "O there he comes.-Welcome, my bully, my buck! my heart has gone a - pit - pat for you." -Congreve.