monkey-mann.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪˌman/, U.S.

/ˈməŋkiˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural monkey-men.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., man n.¹

Etymology: < monkey n. + man n.¹

†1. A monkey. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey

apea700

mercat1481

jackanapesa1529

monkey1530

pug1598

puggy1662

meerkat1801

monkey-man1819

monk1841

simian1861

Moloch1929

1819 J. Keats Let. 15 Apr. (1958) II. 88 Then the thievish Monkies down would creep... The Monkey-men descende[d].

2. Chiefly derogatory. A man likened to or supposed to resemble a monkey in some respect; (U.S. slang, chiefly in African-American usage) a weak or gullible man, esp. one subservient to his wife or lover, or to women generally.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband > henpecked husband

John Thomson's man?a1513

Tom Tiler1582

henpeck1711

jerry-sneak1820

monkey-man1840

the world > people > person > man > [noun] > man resembling a monkey

apeman1625

monkey-man1935

1840 C. I. Johnstone Violet Hamilton in Edinb. Tales (1846) II. 201/2 We must not mention the ultra-exquisite whom Jack Cryppes had the audacity to copy as happily as a man-monkey may a monkey-man.

a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 16 Others of the grinning and chattering monkey-men..had wanted his body for the roasting-oven.

1924 J. E. Martin & L. Martin (title of song) Monkey man.

1928 Collier's 5 May 36/3 A money man is a contemptuous thing among Negroes, friendless, distrusted, and generally despised. But a monkey man! Well, there's nothing lower than a monkey man.

1935 E. R. Burroughs Pirates of Venus iii. 54 Venus was inhabited! But by what?.. Were they a species of monkey-man?

1966 Southern Folklore Q. 30 230 The husband who stayed and put up with it all became a Monkey Man and a standing joke.

1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues vi. 258 The ‘creeping man’ and the ‘monkey man’ are objects of contempt in the blues, but they are the lovers who succeed when the singer fails.

1992 S. Tharoor Show Business (1995) iv. 210 People..might stand around to watch a monkey-man performing tricks.

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

单词	monkey-man
释义	monkey-mann. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪˌman/, U.S. /ˈməŋkiˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural monkey-men. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., man n.¹ Etymology: < monkey n. + man n.¹ †1. A monkey. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey apea700 mercat1481 jackanapesa1529 monkey1530 pug1598 puggy1662 meerkat1801 monkey-man1819 monk1841 simian1861 Moloch1929 1819 J. Keats Let. 15 Apr. (1958) II. 88 Then the thievish Monkies down would creep... The Monkey-men descende[d]. 2. Chiefly derogatory. A man likened to or supposed to resemble a monkey in some respect; (U.S. slang, chiefly in African-American usage) a weak or gullible man, esp. one subservient to his wife or lover, or to women generally. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband > henpecked husband John Thomson's man?a1513 Tom Tiler1582 henpeck1711 jerry-sneak1820 monkey-man1840 the world > people > person > man > [noun] > man resembling a monkey apeman1625 monkey-man1935 1840 C. I. Johnstone Violet Hamilton in Edinb. Tales (1846) II. 201/2 We must not mention the ultra-exquisite whom Jack Cryppes had the audacity to copy as happily as a man-monkey may a monkey-man. a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 16 Others of the grinning and chattering monkey-men..had wanted his body for the roasting-oven. 1924 J. E. Martin & L. Martin (title of song) Monkey man. 1928 Collier's 5 May 36/3 A money man is a contemptuous thing among Negroes, friendless, distrusted, and generally despised. But a monkey man! Well, there's nothing lower than a monkey man. 1935 E. R. Burroughs Pirates of Venus iii. 54 Venus was inhabited! But by what?.. Were they a species of monkey-man? 1966 Southern Folklore Q. 30 230 The husband who stayed and put up with it all became a Monkey Man and a standing joke. 1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues vi. 258 The ‘creeping man’ and the ‘monkey man’ are objects of contempt in the blues, but they are the lovers who succeed when the singer fails. 1992 S. Tharoor Show Business (1995) iv. 210 People..might stand around to watch a monkey-man performing tricks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1819
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