monkey-doodleadj.
/ˈmʌŋkɪˌduːdl/, U.S. /ˈməŋkiˌdud(ə)l/ U.S. colloquial.
Foolish, meddling, mischievous. Frequently in monkey-doodle business (cf. monkey business n.).
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]
dizzyc825
unwisec825
redelessOE
unwittyc1000
daftlikec1175
witlessc1175
canga1225
adoted?c1225
cangun?c1225
egedec1225
cangeda1250
foola1250
snepea1250
aerwittec1275
sotlyc1275
unslyc1275
unwitterc1275
unwilya1300
nicec1300
goosishc1374
unskilfulc1374
follyc1380
lewdc1380
mis-feelinga1382
dottlec1390
foltedc1390
peevishc1400
fona1425
fonnishc1425
foliousa1450
foolisha1450
daft?c1450
doitedc1450
dotyc1450
daffish1470
insapientc1470
gucked?a1500
wanwittya1500
furious1526
insipient1528
seelya1529
dawish?1529
foolage1545
momish1546
base-wittedc1547
stultitiousa1549
follifulc1550
senseless1565
mopish1568
fondish1579
unsensiblea1586
fondly1587
dizzardly1594
follial1596
featlessc1598
fopperly1599
gowkeda1605
inept1604
simple1604
anserine1607
foppish1608
silly ass1608
unsage1608
wisdomless1608
fool-beggeda1616
Gotham1621
noddy1645
badot1653
dosser-headed1655
infrunite1657
nonsensicalc1661
slight1663
sappy1670
datelessa1686
noddy-peaked1694
nizy1709
dottled1772
gypit1804
shay-brained1806
folly-stricken1807
fool-like1811
goosy1811
spoony1813
niddle-noddle1821
gumptionless1823
daftish1825
anserous1826
as crazy as a loon1830
spoonish1833
cheese-headed1836
dotty1860
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
dilly1873
gormless1883
daffy1884
monkey-doodle1886
mosy1887
jay1891
pithecanthropic1897
peanut-headed1906
dinlo1907
boob1911
goofy1921
ding-a-ling1935
jerky1944
jerk1947
jerkish1948
pointy-headed1950
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
nerkish1975
numpty1992
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > playful mischievousness > [adjective]
knavish1552
spritish1566
wickeda1616
monkeyish1621
impish1652
mischievous1675
slya1771
nineteda1798
wansonsy1819
Pucklike1845
picklesome1885
monkey-doodle1886
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [adjective] > interfering or meddling
entermetinga1325
meddleousc1450
meddlinga1529
meddlesome1615
interfering1718
intermeddling1804
dabblesome1866
monkey-doodle1886
1886 Marshfield (Wisconsin) Times 2 July 3/3 Phwat th' divil do ye s'pose Oi care for yer monkey-doodle society's procadings?
a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) iii. 102 Grossman, indignant at ‘t'ose monkey-doodle pizeness’, withdrew from the centre of the Pit.
1928 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 12 May 41/2 They ought not to go abroad with such monkey-doodle business.
a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1972) 344 A rickety hipster kid..in the same envelope of skin that then made him look like a ricket's ape, a monkey-doodle dandy, a Raskolnik, an undergrounder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1886