• SIM
n. 1. a quiet, religious (esp. if evangelical) man …c1851 Cambridge usage
n. 2. a fool; a simpleton; a confidence trickster’s dupe …20C Aust. criminals’ sl.
n. 3. a video or computer game which simulates a real world activity, such as flying a plane, playing golf, a soccer match, etc. …Aust. sl.
n. 4. an aircraft cockpit simulator …L20 Royal Air Force usage
• SIMAGRE
n. an affected air or look …1678 obs. rare
• SIMBALL
n. a doughnut …1865 US
• SIMIAD
adj. characteristic of apes; resembling that of apes; ape-like …1874 rare
• SIMIAL
adj. pert. to apes; characteristic of apes …1827 rare
• SIMIAN
adj. characteristic of apes; resembling that of apes; ape-like …1607
n. an ape or monkey …1880
• SIMILABLE
adj. similar; having a marked resemblance or likeness; of a like nature or kind …1493 obs. rare
• SIMILARINESS
n. similarity …1669 obs.
• SIMILARIZE
vb. to compare, to liken …1806 rare
• SIMILARNESS
n. similarity …1670 obs. rare
• SIMILARY
adj. similar; having a marked resemblance or likeness; of a like nature or kind …1628 obs.
• SIMILE
n. likeness, resemblance; similarity …1604 obs.
• SIMILIANCY
n. similarity, likeness …1622 obs. rare
• SIMILITIVE
adj. expressing likeness …1678 rare
• SIMILITUDE
n. 1. a sign or symbol; the symbolic representation of something …c1374 obs.
n. 2. a person or thing resembling or having the likeness of some other person or thing; a counterpart or equal …c1386
n. 3. the quality or state of being like; resemblance, similarity, likeness …1387-8 now somewhat rare
n. 4. a simile …c1400 obs.
• SIMILITUDENESS
n. the form, likeness, or image of some person or thing …1547 obs.
• SIMILITUDINARILY
adv. in the manner of a similitude or simile …1624 obs.
• SIMILITUDINARY
adj. of the nature of a similitude or simile; expressing comparison or likeness; symbolic …1581 obs.
n. a thing resembling another …1541 obs.
• SIMILITUDINIZE
vb. to make comparisons …1837
• SIMILITY
n. similarity …c1470 obs. rare
• SIMILIZE
vb. 1. to imitate, to copy …1605 obs.
vb. 2. to compare, to liken …1620 obs.
vb. 3. to symbolize; to express or describe in similes; to use a simile or comparison …a1668 rare
• SIMIOID
adj. resembling the apes …1895
• SIMIOUS
adj. 1. belonging to the race of apes; having apish characteristics …1804-6
adj. 2. typical or characteristic of apes …c1835
• SIMITY
n. the fact of being flat-nosed …1650 obs. rare
• SIMKIN
n. 1. a fool; a simpleton …a1700 rare
n. 2. champagne …1853 Anglo-Indian
• SIMLOONS
n. money …L19 US sl.
• SIMMER
int. an exclamation requesting someone to curb their temper or calm down …20C Aust. sl.
vb. to calm down …M19 sl.
• SIMMER DOWN
vb. to calm down …1871 US
• SIMMER DOWN ON
vb. to concentrate upon, to specialize in; to devote one’s entire attention to …1933 Amer. dial.
• SIMMON
vb. to cement …1568-9 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SIMMON BEER
n. persimmon beer …L18 sl.
• SIMMY
n. a weakling, one lacking in spirit or vigour …1968 Amer. dial.
• SIMOLEON
n. a dollar …1896 US sl.
• SIMOLEONS
n. money …L19 US sl.
• SIMOLEUM
n. $1 …L19 US sl.
• SIMOLION
n. $1 …L19 US sl.
• SIMON
int. yes indeed! …1960s US sl.
n. 1. a cane …c1850 Brit. school usage
n. 2. a sixpence …a1700 sl.
n. 3. a silly fellow; a credulous gullible person; a simpleton …1785 sl.
n. 4. the genuine article; the real thing …E19
n. 5. a trained horse …c1850 circus usage
n. 6. $1 …L19 US sl.
n. 7. poteen …1900s sl.
• SIMONIZER
n. 1. a toady …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a favoured student …Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SIMON LEGREE
n. a strict taskmaster; a ‘slave driver’; a cruel overseer or employer …M19 US colloq.
• SIMON-PURE
adj. real, genuine, authentic …1889
n. 1. the genuine article; the real thing …E19
n. 2. poteen …1900s sl.
• THE SIMON PURE
n. the real, genuine, or authentic person or thing …1815
• SIMON PURES
n. amateurs in the realm of sport; sarcastic, and perhaps ironic usage …c1920 Aust. sporting usage
• SIMON SOON GONE
n. a lazy servant; ‘he, that when his Mayster hath any thing to do, he will hide him out of the way’ …c1560 sl.
• SIMONT
n. cement …1501 obs.
vb. to cement …1598 obs.
• SIMOSITY
n. a being crooked-nosed …1721 rare
• SIMOUS
adj. 1. having a flat nose; snub-nosed …1656 rare
adj. 2. of the nose: snub, flat …1697 obs.
• SIMP
adj. 1. fashionable …1965 US sl.
adj. 2. easy …1970s US students’ sl.
adj. 3. foolish …2000 US sl.
n. 1. a dim-witted or backward person …Brit. sl.
n. 2. a fool, a simpleton, an oaf, a stupid or dull person; a dim-witted or backward person …1903 sl., orig. US
n. 3. a weakling; a wimp …Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to do things in a simplistic manner …1900s Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to act like a fool …1960s African-American sl.
• SIMPER
vb. 1. to glimmer, to twinkle …c1620 obs. rare
vb. 2. to whimper; to cry; to begin to cry as a spoiled child does …1865 Eng. dial.
• SIMPER-DE-COCKET
n. an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt …a1529 obs.
• SIMPER LIKE A FRUMETY-KETTLE
vb. to smile; to look cheerful …1668 colloq.
• SIMPER LIKE A FURMITY-KETTLE
vb. to smile; to look merry or cheerful …18C colloq.
• SIMPER LIKE A POT THAT’S READY TO RUN OVER
vb. to smile; to look merry or cheerful …1631 colloq.
• SIMPER-THE-COCKET
n. an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt …a1529 obs.
• SIMPKIN
n. 1. a fool; a simpleton …1861 rare
n. 2. champagne …1853 Anglo-Indian
• SIMPLAR
adj. single …1610 obs.
• SIMPLE
adj. 1. poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal …a1300 obs.
adj. 2. single …1340 obs.
adj. 3. of price or sale: low, poor …1436 obs.
adj. 4. sincere, unassuming …1949 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a person in a humble or ordinary condition of life …a1400
n. 2. a person of modest unassuming manners …a1400 obs.
n. 3. a single thing …1483 obs.
n. 4. a plant or herb employed for medical purposes; chiefly used in the plural …1539 now arch.
n. 5. an ignorant or foolish person …1643
vb. 1. to render one simple; to humble in respect of knowledge …c1425 obs. rare
vb. 2. to seek for or gather ‘simples’ or medicinal herbs …1643 now arch.
• SIMPLE ANIMAL
n. 1940s US African-American collegesl. – a young college woman
• SIMPLE AS
adj. very easy …2001 UK
• SIMPLEHEAD
n. simpleness, ignorance …c1470 obs.
• SIMPLE-HEARTED
adj. 1. ignorant, simple-minded …c1400 obs.
adj. 2. ingenuous, sincere, unsophisticated …1711
• SIMPLE INFANTICIDE
n. masturbation …19C Brit. sl.
• SIMPLE-LIFER
n. one who leads the ‘simple life’ …1913 colloq.
• SIMPLE-MINDED
adj. possessing little or no subtlety of intellect; showing little intelligence or judgement; also, feeble-minded, weak-minded …1744
• SIMPLE PIMP
n. one who barely manages as a pimp and has no hope of transcending that level of employment within the criminal hierarchy …1950s African-American sl.
• SIMPLER
n. 1. one who collects or studies ‘simples’; a herbalist …1591 now arch.
n. 2. a simple or foolish man much given to lust …L16 sl.
n. 3. the dupe or victim of a confidence trickster or a prostitute …L16 UK criminals’ sl.
• SIMPLES
n. 1. those who are unlearned, ignorant, easily misled, unsuspecting, etc. …1560
n. 2. foolish or silly behaviour or conduct; foolishness, folly …1648 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• A SIMPLE SAILOR
n. a naval officer’s self-description …20C
• SIMPLE SIMON
n. 1. a silly fellow; a credulous gullible person; a fool, a simpleton …1785 sl.
n. 2. a diamond, usually a diamond ring; the playing card …1910s rhyming sl.
n. 3. a non-addict …1950s drug culture sl.
n. 4. psilocybin, a hallucinogenic mushroom …1970 US sl.
• SIMPLESSE
n. 1. plain or unassuming disposition or manners; absence of pride, ostentation or pretentiousness …1340 obs. exc. arch.
n. 2. absence of complexity; freedom from complications; simple character …c1374 obs. exc. arch.
n. 3. absence of duplicity or guile; innocence, integrity, guilelessness …1390 obs. exc. arch.
n. 4. poor or lowly condition; also, lack of elegance or refinement; plainness of dress, etc. …1390 obs. exc arch.
n. 5. deficiency in knowledge or learning; ignorance; also, lack of mental acuteness, intellectual weakness, foolishness …c1400 obs. exc. arch.
• SIMPLETONIAN
adj. characteristic of a simpleton …1848
• SIMPLETONIC
adj. characteristic of a simpleton …1860
• SIMPLETONISH
adj. characteristic of a simpleton …1847
• SIMPLETY
n. simplicity …c1230 obs. rare
• SIMPLEXITY
n. simplicity …1849 nonce word
• SIMPLEX MUNDITIS
adj. of drinks: unmixed with water …Bk1902 colloq,
• SIMPLICIAN
n. a simple, ignorant, or innocent person; a simpleton …1600-9 obs.
• SIMPLICIST
n. one who has a knowledge of medical ‘simples’; a herbalist …1594 obs. rare
• SIMPLICITARIAN
n. one who aims at simplicity of life …1837 nonce word
• SIMPLICITY
n. 1. a simple person; a simpleton …1633 rare
n. 2. a simple or ingenuous child …1887
• SIMPLICIZE
vb. to make simple …1814 nonce word
• SIMPLIFIER
n. a maker of ‘simples’ …1594 obs.
• SIMPLING
n. the gathering or study of ‘simples’ or medicinal plants …1597 obs.
• SIMPLIST
n. one who studies ‘simples’ or medicinal plants; a herbalist …1597 rare
• SIMPLISTIC
adj. pert. to a ‘simplist’ or to ‘simples’ …1860
• SIMPLITIAN
n. a simple or ignorant fellow; a simpleton …1600-9 obs.
• SIMPLY DELISH
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY KILLING
adj. 1. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY SLAYING
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY STUNNING
adj. 1. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SIMPLY THROWING UP BUCKETS
phr. very vexed or disappointed …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• SIMPSON
n. 1. water used in diluting milk …1871 dairymen’s usage
n. 2. inferior milk; adulterated milk …1871
n. 3. a milkman …L19 Brit. sl.
vb. to dilute milk with water …1872 sl.
• SIMPSONISE; SIMPSONIZE
vb. to dilute milk with water …1871 dairymen’s usage
• SIMP TOGS
n. best clothes; smart clothes …1960s sl.
• SIMP TWISTER
n. a carousel …1981 US circus and carnival usage
• SIMPY
adj. foolish, gullible …1940s sl.
• SIM SUBTLE
n. a subtle or crafty person …1581 obs.
• SIMULACRAL
adj. resembling an image …1875 rare
• SIMULACRE
n. an image, a material or mental representation of a person or thing …1483
• SIMULACRIZE
vb. to pretend …1845
• SIMULACRUM
n. 1. a material image, made as a representation of some deity, person, or thing …1599
n. 2. something having merely the form or appearance of a certain thing, without possessing its substance or proper qualities …1805
n. 3. a mere image, a specious imitation or likeness of something …1833
• SIMULANCE
n. tendency to assume a form resembling that of something else; simulation …1885 rare
• SIMULANT
adj. simulating; presenting the appearance of something else …1826
n. one who, or that which, simulates something else …1860
• SIMULAR
adj. simulated, pretended, counterfeited …1611
n. one who, or that which, simulates or puts on a false appearance of something …1526
• SIMULATE
vb. to put forward deceptively …1652 obs. rare
• SIMULATELY
adv. deceitfully, by or with pretense …1592 obs.
• SIMULATIVE
adj. characterized by simulation or pretense …1490
• SIMULATORY
adj. characterized by simulation or pretense …1618 obs. rare
• SIMULE
vb. to simulate or feign …c1480 obs. rare
• SIMULED
adj. simulated …1526 obs.
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• SIMULER
n. a simulator, a feigner …1534 obs.
• SIMULTAL
adj. simultaneous …1654 obs.
• SIMULTANEITY
n. 1. the quality of being simultaneous; occurrence at the same time …1802-12
n. 2. a simultaneous attack …1858 rare
• SIMULTATION
n. quarrelling …1605 obs. rare
• SIMULTY
n. 1. a quarrel or contention …a1637 obs. rare
n. 2. the quality of being simultaneous …1677 obs.
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