Meanings
adjectivesimular (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleterarefalse; specious; counterfeit
nounsimular (plural simulars)
plural simulars
- archaicOne who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchres.
1848, William Tyndale, edited by Henry Walter, Doctrinal treatises and introductions to different portions of the Holy Scriptures1 more example
Hide thee, thou bloody hand, Thou perjured, and thou simular of virtue That art incestuous.
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
Origin
- Latinsimulārius
- Englishsimular
From Latin simulārius, from simulō (“to simulate”).
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