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单词 baboonery
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Definition of baboonery in English:

baboonery

noun bəˈbuːn(ə)ri
  • 1Grotesque or absurd ornamentation, carving or pictures; an example of this. Compare "baboon"baberyhistorical after Middle English.

  • 2Originally: †a colony of baboons (obsolete rare). In later use: a captive collection of baboons.

  • 3Baboonish nature, character, or behaviour; especially foolishness, stupidity.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Aelred of Rievaulx's De Institutione Inclusarum. From baboon + -ery.

Definition of baboonery in US English:

baboonery

nounbəˈbuːn(ə)ri
  • 1Grotesque or absurd ornamentation, carving or pictures; an example of this. Compare "baboon"baberyhistorical after Middle English.

  • 2Originally: †a colony of baboons (obsolete rare). In later use: a captive collection of baboons.

  • 3Baboonish nature, character, or behaviour; especially foolishness, stupidity.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Aelred of Rievaulx's De Institutione Inclusarum. From baboon + -ery.

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