Sym(e)kyn/"simian": The Ape in Chaucer's Millers.

Author / Editor
Biggins, Dennis.

Title
Sym(e)kyn/"simian": The Ape in Chaucer's Millers.

Published
Studies in Philology 65 (1968): 44-50.

Description
Argues that the name Simond/Symkyn in RvT "involves a pun on the Latin word 'simia,' meaning 'ape'," exploring Symkyn's multiple associations with apes, along with those of Robin the Miller.

Chaucer Subjects
Reeve and His Tale
Miller and His Tale
Language and Word Studies