apish
- s being or given to servile imitation
- His theory began to evolve when he noticed a distinction between anthropoid and apish mimicry: children can imitate such actions as shaving and shooting without using razors or .
- He still has no clear idea of time, cannot write, retains some of his apish facial and bodily mannerisms.
- Neanderthal's apish image was further enforced by the writings early in this century of the respected French paleontologist Pierre Marcellin Boule.