baboonishadj.

Brit.

/bəˈbuːnɪʃ/, U.S.

/bæˈbunɪʃ/

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

Etymology: < baboon n. + -ish suffix¹.

Reminiscent or characteristic of a baboon; resembling that of a baboon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > Old World > of family Cercopithecidae > of or like a baboon

baboonish1718

cynocephalous1831

cynocephalic1887

1718 C. Hitchin True Discov. Conduct Receivers 7 By Order of the Justice, his Skittish and Baboonish Majesty was set in the Stocks.

1788 C. Smith Emmeline I. xiii. 222 Delamere, on seeing the very odd figure and baboonish face of Elkerton,..stopped short and made a grave bow.

1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xi. 118 A long, wrinkled, smirking, baboonish physiognomy.

1849 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 6 Oct. 220/1 Imagine a thin, ragged, quarter silly, three-quarters cunning, ugly, baboonish young fellow, with long bare legs.

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. iii. 41 Whose loathly talk, forced upon the hearing of a decent old woman opposite him, passed baboonish behaviour.

1908 R. Lynd Irish & Eng. 32 His face in itself was a caricature, a baboonish affair.

1944 Times 11 Nov. 2/3 To try to educate Germany was as nonsensical as trying to teach 80,000,000 baboons to give up their baboonish ways.

2005 W. Deverell April Fool (2006) xvi. 188 When one pokes hard, one finds little tender areas, he's sensitive beneath his baboonish exterior.

Compounds

baboonish-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. 277 The baboonish-looking visage of the Italian.

2005 P. Barbour Brittany 202 A pair of baboonish-looking rampant lions hold up a coat of arms on one of the gabled sides of the church.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	baboonish
释义	baboonishadj. Brit. /bəˈbuːnɪʃ/, U.S. /bæˈbunɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: baboon n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < baboon n. + -ish suffix¹. Reminiscent or characteristic of a baboon; resembling that of a baboon. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > Old World > of family Cercopithecidae > of or like a baboon baboonish1718 cynocephalous1831 cynocephalic1887 1718 C. Hitchin True Discov. Conduct Receivers 7 By Order of the Justice, his Skittish and Baboonish Majesty was set in the Stocks. 1788 C. Smith Emmeline I. xiii. 222 Delamere, on seeing the very odd figure and baboonish face of Elkerton,..stopped short and made a grave bow. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xi. 118 A long, wrinkled, smirking, baboonish physiognomy. 1849 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 6 Oct. 220/1 Imagine a thin, ragged, quarter silly, three-quarters cunning, ugly, baboonish young fellow, with long bare legs. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. iii. 41 Whose loathly talk, forced upon the hearing of a decent old woman opposite him, passed baboonish behaviour. 1908 R. Lynd Irish & Eng. 32 His face in itself was a caricature, a baboonish affair. 1944 Times 11 Nov. 2/3 To try to educate Germany was as nonsensical as trying to teach 80,000,000 baboons to give up their baboonish ways. 2005 W. Deverell April Fool (2006) xvi. 188 When one pokes hard, one finds little tender areas, he's sensitive beneath his baboonish exterior. Compounds baboonish-looking adj. ΚΠ 1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. 277 The baboonish-looking visage of the Italian. 2005 P. Barbour Brittany 202 A pair of baboonish-looking rampant lions hold up a coat of arms on one of the gabled sides of the church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1718
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