simular

English

Adjective

simular (comparative more simular, superlative most simular)

1. (obsolete, rare) false; specious; counterfeit
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     Thou simular man of virtue.

Noun

simular (plural simulars)

1. (archaic) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, III. ii. 54:

     Hide thee, thou bloody hand, / Thou perjured, and thou simular of virtue / That art incestuous.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Tyndale, Doctrinal treatises and introductions to different portions of the Holy Scriptures:

     Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchres.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “simular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Muralis

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulō, simulāre. Doublet of semblar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [si.muˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [si.muˈlaɾ]

Verb

simular (first-person singular present simulo, first-person singular preterite simulí, past participle simulat)

1. to simulate

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulō, simulāre. Doublet of semellar.

Verb

1. to simulate

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulō, simulāre. Doublet of semelhar.

Verb

1. to simulate

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin simulō, simulāre. Doublet of semejar.

Verb

1. to feign, to pretend
2. to simulate

Related terms

• disimular
• similar
• simulación
• simulador
• simulacro