单词 | monkeyfy |
释义 | monkeyfyv. Now rare. transitive. To make to resemble a monkey; to make to look ridiculous. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > disfigure [verb (transitive)] loathly?c1225 defacec1374 disfigurec1374 emblemishc1384 defoula1387 unhighta1387 disray1431 deform?c1450 foul?c1450 deflower1486 defeata1492 unbeauty1495 deflourisha1513 disform?1520 ungarnish1530 disfashiona1535 disfavour1535 disgrace1549 unbeautify1570 uglify1576 disbeautify1577 dishonest1581 disshape1583 disornament1593 disadorn1598 undeck1598 disvisage1603 unfair1609 untrim1609 debellish1610 disfair1628 discomplexion1640 devenustate1653 disfeature1659 monkeyfy1707 ugly1740 defeature1792 dedecorate1804 scarecrow1853 nastify1873 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] > make ridiculous > make ridiculous-looking monkeyfy1707 1707 E. Ward London Terræ-filius No. 3. 21 Rank Cowards often take Delight To Arm, and Monkeyfie a Fight. 1761 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 126 A parcel of prentice boys monkified in the same manner [i.e. ‘frenchified up in the new mode’]. 1828 R. Montgomery Puffiad ii. 90 Bow the knee to every ape from France, And monkeyfy your children for a dance. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge x. 157 The people have so monkeyfied him, that he is scarcely presentable on the quarterdeck. Derivatives ˈmonkeyfying n. ΚΠ 1862 D. Wilson Prehist. Man vii. 121 The very monkeyfying process to which some of the illustrations of inferior human types have been subjected in this pictorial chorography. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1707 |
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