apishness

noun

apishness

noun

Etymology From apish + -ness.

1

The quality or state of being apish.

  • Apiſhneſſe rides in a Chariot made of nothing but cages, in which are all the ſtrangeſt out-landiſh Birds that can be gotten: […]1606, Tho[mas] Dekker, “Apishnesse: Or The First Dayes Triumph”, in The Seuen Deadly Sinnes of London: […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Nathaniel Butter, […], →OCLC, page 32:

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