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/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]
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Baboonery — Bab*oon ery, n. Baboonish behavior. Marryat. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — 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
