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baboonery|bəˈbuːnərɪ|
Also 4 babwynrie.
[Cf. F. babouïnnerie ‘apishnesse, fopperie, foolerie’ (Cotgr.), f. babouin: see prec. and -ery.]
†1. Grotesque ornamentation: cf. babery. Obs.
1383Wyclif Wks. i. (1880) 8 Ȝif þei drawen þe peple..by coryouste of gaye wyndownes..peyntyngis and babwynrie.
2. A collection or colony of baboons; cf. rookery.
1613Chapman Masque Mid. Temp. (D.) A vast, wither'd and hollow tree, the bare receptacle of the Baboonerie.
3. Baboonish condition, conduct, or behaviour.
a1848Marryat R. Reefer xix, The improvement..that baboonery had made toward manhood. 1857Nat. Mag. II. 168 Oranges which he demolished in a style of the most perfect baboonery. |