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单词 monkeyfy
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monkeyfyv.

Brit. /ˈmʌŋkᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈməŋkəˌfaɪ/
Forms: 1700s monkeyfie, 1700s monkify, 1800s– monkeyfy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monkey n., -fy suffix.
Etymology: < monkey n. + -fy suffix.
Now rare.
transitive. To make to resemble a monkey; to make to look ridiculous.
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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.
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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).
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