baboonery en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English babwynrie (“grotesque”). Equivalent to baboon + -ery.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Baboonish behavior.
You smiled with satisfaction when you saw how great the improvement was that baboonery had made toward manhood.
1838, Edward Howard, Frederick Marryat, chapter XIX, in Rattlin, the Reefer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| babooneries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |