monkeyishadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈməŋkiɪʃ/

Forms: see monkey n. and -ish suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monkey n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < monkey n. + -ish suffix¹.

Monkey-like; resembling a monkey in imitativeness or mischievousness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [adjective]

knavish1552

spritish1566

wickeda1616

monkeyish1621

impish1652

mischievous1675

slya1771

nineteda1798

wansonsy1819

Pucklike1845

picklesome1885

monkey-doodle1886

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > apish, mocking, or mimicking

apish1579

mimical1610

zany1616

monkeyish1621

mimic1727

cod1895

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 11 Some Apish and Munkeyish as well as Lion-like diuels.

1795 J. Stonard Let. 15 May in Heber Lett. (1950) vi. 168 They will keep no steadiness but excuse themselves for breaking their own monkey-ish resolutions by alledging an alteration in plan.

1816 B. Waterhouse Jrnl. Young Man Mass. (1911) xii. 399 They kept their bodies either stiff..or in a monkeyish wriggle.

1830 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. App. C. 388 But monkeyish imitation will do no good.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xx. 195 He drinks, and smokes, in a monkeyish way.

1882 ‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versâ iv Their [sc. boys'] monkeyish mischief.

1903 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 327 That curious, monkeyish, mercurial person M. Guyot de Montpeyroux.

a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 3 He could see him yet, his queer little monkeyish face eloquent with fear.

1994 J. Updike Brazil i. 6 Her face in the shade of the black hat had a monkeyish look.

Derivatives

ˈmonkeyishly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adverb] > with silly or apish imitation

apishly1581

monkeyishly1923

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adverb] > in manner of a monkey

monkey-like1597

monkeyishly1923

1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay 93 Let the nose twitch and the mouth grin and the eyes twinkle as monkeyishly as you like;..the forehead still knows how to be human.

1984 J. Updike Witches of Eastwick ii. 129 She grinned monkeyishly.

ˈmonkeyishness n. monkeyish nature or character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [noun]

monkeyism1823

monkeyishness1824

sassiness1834

impishness1876

puckishness1900

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > silly imitation

apishness1533

mockerya1616

apery1616

aping1687

monkeyism1823

monkeyishness1824

apism1843

codding1892

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 263 This is the great excellence of Talma in tragedy—that he has little or none of the monkeyishness of his country.

1890 S. Baring-Gould In Troubadour-land iv The Germans have a saying that the higher a monkey climbs the more he exposes his monkeyishness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	monkeyish
释义	monkeyishadj. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈməŋkiɪʃ/ Forms: see monkey n. and -ish suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monkey n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < monkey n. + -ish suffix¹. Monkey-like; resembling a monkey in imitativeness or mischievousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [adjective] knavish1552 spritish1566 wickeda1616 monkeyish1621 impish1652 mischievous1675 slya1771 nineteda1798 wansonsy1819 Pucklike1845 picklesome1885 monkey-doodle1886 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > apish, mocking, or mimicking apish1579 mimical1610 zany1616 monkeyish1621 mimic1727 cod1895 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 11 Some Apish and Munkeyish as well as Lion-like diuels. 1795 J. Stonard Let. 15 May in Heber Lett. (1950) vi. 168 They will keep no steadiness but excuse themselves for breaking their own monkey-ish resolutions by alledging an alteration in plan. 1816 B. Waterhouse Jrnl. Young Man Mass. (1911) xii. 399 They kept their bodies either stiff..or in a monkeyish wriggle. 1830 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. App. C. 388 But monkeyish imitation will do no good. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xx. 195 He drinks, and smokes, in a monkeyish way. 1882 ‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versâ iv Their [sc. boys'] monkeyish mischief. 1903 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 327 That curious, monkeyish, mercurial person M. Guyot de Montpeyroux. a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 3 He could see him yet, his queer little monkeyish face eloquent with fear. 1994 J. Updike Brazil i. 6 Her face in the shade of the black hat had a monkeyish look. Derivatives ˈmonkeyishly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adverb] > with silly or apish imitation apishly1581 monkeyishly1923 the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adverb] > in manner of a monkey monkey-like1597 monkeyishly1923 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay 93 Let the nose twitch and the mouth grin and the eyes twinkle as monkeyishly as you like;..the forehead still knows how to be human. 1984 J. Updike Witches of Eastwick ii. 129 She grinned monkeyishly. ˈmonkeyishness n. monkeyish nature or character. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [noun] monkeyism1823 monkeyishness1824 sassiness1834 impishness1876 puckishness1900 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > silly imitation apishness1533 mockerya1616 apery1616 aping1687 monkeyism1823 monkeyishness1824 apism1843 codding1892 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 263 This is the great excellence of Talma in tragedy—that he has little or none of the monkeyishness of his country. 1890 S. Baring-Gould In Troubadour-land iv The Germans have a saying that the higher a monkey climbs the more he exposes his monkeyishness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1621
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