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monkeyesque en · ADJ

Etymology

From monkey + -esque. Piecewise doublet of monkeyish.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of monkeys (animal).
   • The sailors alleged, and probably believed, that such cats were the result of the cross between a monkey and a cat, which we recognize to be preposterous despite that the Siamese evinces in his nature a monkeyesque temperament and disposition which may well have inspired the concept of such hybridization. 1962 [1952], Milo G. Denlinger, The Complete Siamese Cat, New York, N.Y.: Howell Book House, page 44:
   • The old man who runs the benevolent association is finally worn down by Wittman's manic, monkeyesque one-man performance […] 1999, Diane Simmons, Maxine Hong Kingston, New York, N.Y.: Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, page 157:
   • I hadn't noticed that tree-swinging and other howler monkeyesque behaviour has helped them any, but maybe you'll get different mileage. 2008 September 25, Deirdre Sholto Douglas, “A glimpse into the Void...”, in soc.culture.scottish (Usenet):

Forms

Synonyms

monkeylike · monkeyish