simularとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈsɪmjʊlə(ɹ)/

形容詞

simular (comparative more simular, superlative most simular)

1. (obsolete, rare) false; specious; counterfeit

名詞

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.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 54:

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

   • 1848, William Tyndale, edited by Henry Walter, Doctrinal treatises and introductions to different portions of the Holy Scriptures:

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

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