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单词 baboonize
释义

baboonizev.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: baboon n., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < baboon n. + -ize suffix, after French †babouinner to fool around (1611 in Cotgrave (see quot.); now babouiner; now only as a slang term in sense ‘to eat’ (1845 in this sense)).
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. With it: to act like a baboon; to fool around.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > be or become foolish [verb (intransitive)] > act foolishly
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fop1528
fond1530
daff1535
pract1568
dolt1573
daw1596
fool1597
guck1603
baboonize1611
prat1685
to play the fool1722
niff-naff1728
fopple1756
doitera1790
daffle1796
tomfool1825
to play (also act) the (giddy) goat1841
lallygag1862
silly1877
monkey1878
footle1891
to ass around1899
to play silly buggers (also beggars, bleeders, etc.)1903
to arse around1919
to jackass around1927
nimble-pimble1927
to fuck about1929
to fool up1933
to crap around1936
pantomime1958
prat1961
dork1990
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Babouïnner, to baboonize it; to play the monkey; to use apish or foolish tricks, or knauish prankes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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