Etymology

baboonery

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Today it means: Baboonish behavior. Full definition →

Middle English babwynrie
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombabwynrie“grotesque”
  2. English todaybaboonery

From Middle English babwynrie (“grotesque”). Equivalent to baboon + -ery.

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