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simialis

simialis [CL simia+-alis] 1 of the appearance or nature of an ape. qui in presencia sua usque ad ~em decrevit staturam G. S. Alb. I 86 (cf. ib. I 118: in pygmeam brevitatem decrevit, ut vix simie retineret quantitatem). 2 ape-like in manner (w. ref. to foolishness or imitation). nec sequitur ex isto inconveniens nisi ignaris simealis subrisio vel scandalum Wycl. Ver. I 94; negando fallacias quando occurrunt, et locum a similitudine simeali Id. Trial. 54; ideo foret nimis simealis similitudo, concludere syllogistice, ubi syllogismus peccat in materia de minori impossibili, concludere per locum a simili Ib. 59.

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