aper

Someone who apes something

Noun

  1. Someone who apes something
    • Valerio ridiculed the proposal to his friends and called Cavour an aper of English customs. - 1908, Rupert Sargent Holland, Builders of United Italy, page 175:

Origin

Etymology tree English ape Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English aper From ape + -er.

Forms

apers

Synonyms

imitator