Aploximodoais is a term dating back to the mid18th century. The term was linked to an unpublished manuscript by an unknown author. Only references in few other published works give indication of the words usage and existence.

Meaning

Aploximodoais has no rigid lexiconal meaning, and can only be understood by example. Some common modern examples of an aploximodoais are:

The Bee's knees.

The Cat's pyjamas.

The goat's earmuffs.

The monkey's spunk.

It is commonly agreed that an aploxomodoais refers to a non-real statement usually consisting of an animal subject followed by a material posession or attribute which usually is not a true characteristic of the species.

Usage

Aploximodoais is an archaic and dated term which only seems to have appeared in rare writings, unpublished manuscripts, black magic scriptures and texts. It refers nothing more than to what are today considered slang expressions, modern examples such as the Bee's knees.

Original uses which appear in some writings are: the bat's cloak, the hair of the lizard, and the raven's teapot.

J. Porter Tash, in his Principia - Essae IIV, c1780, uses the term 'aploximodoais' in reference to certain townspeople thought to be carrying out and practicing witchcraft.

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Thomas Metcalf and William Kaer, since hanged at the gallows, were oft heard muttering various aploximodoais sayings in dead of night, sitting by candlelight. The neighbouring blacksmyth [sic] Herold Leif, of Norse decent, bequeathed me his journals with notes this throughout.

The aploximodoais terms referred by Leif are involving wolves, alligators, and the fictional chimera. He does not list them individually, out of fear of demons...
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Nathan Ben Saddi (believed to be the pseudonym of Robert Dodsley) wrote in what would be the preface of an early edition of his Chronicles of the Kings England:

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John Dyer's Grongar Hill abundant in poetic imagery...with aploximodoais statements, and personifying of beasts it paints a picture a living, breathing nature.
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Origins

The term's origins are unknown, but trace back to ancient latin, and is believed to be tied in to mysticism and black magic.

References

T. Walden: Principia Malum Debello - c1750

J. Porter Tash: Principia - Essae IIV - c1780

Humphrey Decarthu: Revelatio Decaratio - c1810

Nathan Ben Saddi - Chronicles Of The Kings Of England manuscript II - dated 1739

See Also

Bee's knees

Cat's pajamas