Baboonery

Baboonery
Baboonery Bab*oon"ery, n. Baboonish behavior. --Marryat. [1913 Webster]

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  • baboonery —  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷nərē noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English babwinrie, from babewin + rie ry : conduct, activity, or attitudes that are brutish, degrading, or grotesquely humorous never … in the history of architecture has taste … descended to similar… …   Useful english dictionary

  • baboonery — /ba booh neuh ree/ or, esp. Brit., /beuh /, n., pl. babooneries. an uncouth, ridiculous, or brutish condition, attitude, or action. [1375 1425; late ME babwynrie, equiv. to bab(e)wyn BABOON + rie ERY] * * * …   Universalium

  • baboonery — noun Baboonish behavior …   Wiktionary

  • baboonery — n. baboonish conduct; clumsy and ridiculous action …   English contemporary dictionary

  • baboonery — ba·boon·ery …   English syllables

  • baboonery — /bəˈbunəri/ (say buh boohnuhree) noun 1. foolish and stupid behaviour. 2. Art grotesque or absurd ornamentation. 3. Rare the habitat of a colony of baboons. {baboon + ery} …  

  • Babery — Bab er*y, n. [Perh. orig. for baboonery. Cf. {Baboon}, and also {Babe}.] Finery of a kind to please a child. [Obs.] Painted babery. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • baboonish — See baboonery. * * * …   Universalium

  • baboon — [ba bo͞on′, bəbo͞on′] n. [ME babewyne < OFr babuin, ape, fool < baboue, lip (of animals) < bab, echoic: see BABBLE] any of various large, fierce, short tailed Old World monkeys (mainly genus Papio) of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike… …   English World dictionary

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