apathy (apathi)

[L. apathia, As the pa ions are the springs of most of our actions, a state of apathy has come to signify a sort of moral inertia-the absence of all activity or energy. Fleming. Ble ed, thrice and nine times ble ed be the good St. chills the sympathies of age and paralyzes every glow of Nicholas, if I have indeed escaped that apathy which Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 294. enthusiasm. = Syn. Indifference, Insensibility, Impa ibility, Apathy, Stoicism, Unconcern, Phlegm, Calmne , torpor, coldne , codne in feeling benefit indifference.) Indifference denotes absence of ing, pa ion, or desire toward a particular object: as, in difference to pain or ridicule. Apathy commonly implies a general want of feeling, a complete indifference in regard to anything, due to want of interest or attention, as in the case of a repre ed or sluggish intellect, or of extreme illne or affliction. Insensibility and impa ibility suggest the lack of capacity for feeling, or an absence of susceptibility, being qualities rather than states of mind. Indif ference arising from impa ibility relates more particu larly to internal, that arising from insensibility to external, impre ions; the former is, moreover, more profound and radical than the latter. Indifference may be an entirely proper state under the circumstances; insensibility and impa ibility are always at least to be pitied; unconcern is always and indifference sometimes blameworthy, as cold and selfish. Stoicism is a studied suppre ion of feeling, or the concealment especially of painful feeling by force of will. Unconcern is absence of solicitude. (See care.) Phlegm is most suggestive of physical temperament; it is a constitutional dullne or sluggishne , an incapability of being aroused by anything. Calmne is a tranquillity resulting from the mastery of the will over pa ions and feelings that perhaps are strong and keen, and hence is always commendable. With the instinct of long habit he turned and faced the battery of eyes with the same cold indifference with which he had for years encountered the half-hidden sneers of Bret Harte, Argonauts, p. 126. IMG:content-0925.png:[graphic] man. IMG:content-0926.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0927.png:[graphic][merged small][subsumed][merged small] IMG:content-0928.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0929.png:[blocks in formation] apeak (a-pēk'), prep . phr . as adv. or a. [For- merly also apeek ; a3 + peak , a point; after F. à pic , vertically.] Naut . , in a nearly vertical position or relation; pointing upward, or in an up-and-down direction. An anchor is said to be apeak , and a ship to be hove apeak , when the cable and ship are brought, by the tightening of the former, as nearly into a perpendicular line with the anchor as may be with out breaking it from the ground. A yard or gaff is apeak when it hangs obliquely to the mast. Oars are apeak when their blades are held obliquely upward, as in a boat with an awning, while the crew are awaiting the order to "give way." ape-baboon (ap'ba-bön"), n. A macaque (which see). W. Swains on. ape-bearer (ap'bar"ėr), n. A strolling buffoon with an ape. [Rare.] I know this man well: he hath been since an ape -bearer. Shak ., W. T., iv. 2. A pedicel lat a (a-ped"i-se-lā'tä), n . pl . [NL., ped i cell us , pedicel, + -ata .] An order of echinoderms in Cuvier's system of cla ification. See Gephyrea . apedom (ap'dum), n. [ ape + -dom .] The state of being an ape, or of being apish. De Quincey , Works, XIV. 85. apehood (ap'hud), n. [ ape + -hood .] Same as apedom . There's a dog-faced dwarf That gets to godship somehow, yet retains His apehood . ape (ap), n. [ ape , apa = Fries. apa =D. aap (pl. apen ) =LG.ape=OHG. affo , MHG. affe , G. affe Icel. api = Sw.apa Dan.abe , ape; not a native Teut. word, but prob. (like Ir. Gael. ap , apa , W. ab , epa , OBohem. op , mod. Bohem. opice, Sloven. opica , Upper Sorbian vopica , ORu . opica , Ru . obeziyana ) borrowed in very early times (appar. with lo of orig. initial k ) from the East; cf. Gr. κῆπος, also κῆβος, κεῖπος (see Cebus ), Skt. kapi , ape. The Skt.name is usually referred to Skt. ✓ * kap , kamp , tremble.] 1. A monkey; a quadrumanous animal; some apeiret, v. A Middle English spelling of appair . animal of the old order Quadruman a ; a member apelet (ap'let), n. [ ape + -let .] A young or of one of the modern families Simiida , Cynopi- little ape: as, "her apelet playing about her," thecidæ, and Cebida , especially one which at- tracts attention by mimicking man. - 2. More specifically, a taille monkey; a monkey with a very short tail; a magot, macaque, or pig-tailed baboon: as, the Barbary ape ( Inuus ecaudatus ); the Celebes black ape ( Cynopithecus niger). - 3. Technically, a man-like monkey; a simian proper, or a member of the modern family Simiidæ , forming a kind of connecting link be- tween man and the lower animals, and hence termed anthropoid (which see). These apes are catarrhine simians without cheek-pouches or developed tail, and having a dental formula identical with that of man. The species are few, being only the gorilla, chim- panzee, orangs, and gibbons. IMG:content-0930.png:[blocks in formation] and docility, and has been the "showman's ape" from time immemorial. From the circumstance that it inhabits the Rock of Gibraltar it acquires additional interest as the only Spectator . [Rare.] apellous (a-pel'us), a. [ pell is , a skin.] Destitute of skin. ape-man (ap'man), n. A name given to a hy- pot he tical ape-like man, or speechle primi- tive man, intermediate in character between the highest anthropoid apes and human beings, and conjectured by Haeckel to have been the progenitor of the human race. See Alalus . A pennine (ap'e-nin), a. [L. A penn in us , also Appenninus , A pen in us (sc. mons , mountain), an adj. formed, perhaps, from a Celtic word seen in Bret.penn= W.pen = Ir. benn =Gael. beinn , a head, height, mountain: see ben3 .] Appella- tive of or pertaining to a chain of mountains which extends throughout Italy from the Mari- time Alps to the southern extremity of the pe- ninsula. apepsia (a-pep's ia), n. [NL., ἀπεψία , άπεπτος , undigested, a -priv. + πεπτός, digested, cooked, peptic .] Defective digestion; indigestion; dyspepsia. apepsy (a-pep'si), n . Same as apepsia . aper (a'per), n. One who apes. aperçu (a-per-sū'), n . [F., glance, sketch, out- line, aperçu , pp. of apercevoir , perceive, de- scry, discover: see apperceive .] 1. A first view; a hasty glance; a rapid survey. - 2. A sum- mary exposition; a brief outline; a sketch. Twenty pages suffice to impart the elements of Chinese writing; and a short aperçu of the literary history of the country is added to the volume. Science , III. 760. 3. A detached view; an isolated perception of or insight into a subject, as into a system of philosophy. At best Hegelism can be apprehended only by aperçus , and those who try to explain its bottom secrets have not got it. G. S. Hall , German Culture, p. 157. aperea (ap-e-rēʼä), n . [NL.] A name of the restle cavy, Cavia aperea . aperient (a-pe'ri-ent), a. and n. [L. aperi- en (t-)s, ppr. of aperire , open, uncover (opposed to operire, close, cover, in comp. co- operire , cover, > ult. E. cover, q. v.), ab , off, away ( operire , ob , to), + -perire , prob. identical with -perire in comperire , ascertain, re- perire , find, being the form in comp. of parere , parire, get, produce, bring forth: see parent. A per set. [L.; cf. & per se: see ampersand .] 1. A by itself; a as a letter or word.-2. A person or thing of preeminent excellence; Al. Chaucer . Behold me, Baldwin, A per se of my age, Lord Richard Nevill, earle by marriage Of Warwick. directly nor indirectly, covertly or a pertly , insinuate this deformity. apertne t (a-pèrt'nes), n. Openne ; frank- IMG:content-0931.png:[graphic] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary apertured The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary