单词 | bavian |
释义 | baviann. 1. Usually with capital initial. A character in a morris dance representing a baboon, and typically engaging in wild, foolish, or lewd behaviour. ΚΠ a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iii. v. 33 Couple then And see what's wanting; wher's the Bavian? My friend, carry your taile without offence Or scandall to the Ladies. View more context for this quotation a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iii. v. 134 Then the beast eating Clowne, and next the foole, The Bavian with long tayle, and eke long toole. View more context for this quotation 1778 G. Tollet in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakspear (rev. ed.) V. 427 The Bavian's cap is red, faced with yellow, his bib yellow, his doublet blue, his hose red, and his shoes black. 1849 G. Soane New Curiosities Lit. (ed. 2) I. 236 The principal characters of it generally, though not always, were Robin Hood, Maid Marian,..the Bavian or Fool, Tom the Piper, [etc.]. 1920 Q. Jrnl. Univ. N. Dakota 10 423 While the disguise did not fundamentally affect the [Morris] dance, it accounts for the introduction into it of figures such as the hobby-horse, Bavian, and Robin Hood. 2007 W. E. Engel in L. Postlewate & W. Hüsken Acts & Texts 289 The bavian's typical role in the morris was that of a ‘fool’. 2. A baboon; spec. (South African) the chacma, Papio ursinus. Also figurative (derogatory): a fool, an idiot. Cf. babion n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] dizzyc825 cang?c1225 foolc1225 apec1330 mopc1330 saddle-goosec1346 mis-feelinga1382 foltc1390 mopec1390 fona1400 buffardc1430 fopc1440 joppec1440 fonda1450 fondlinga1450 insipienta1513 plume of feathers1530 bobolynec1540 dizzard1546 Little Witham?1548 nodc1563 dawkin1565 cocknel1566 nigion1570 niddicock1577 nodcock1577 cuckoo1581 Jack with the feather1581 niddipol1582 noddyship?1589 stirkc1590 fonkin1591 Gibraltar1593 fopper1598 noddypeak1598 coxcombry1600 simple1600 gowka1605 nup1607 fooliaminy1608 silly ass1608 dosser-head1612 dor1616 glow-worm1624 liripipea1625 doodle1629 sop1637 spalt1639 fool's head1650 buffle1655 Jack Adams1656 bufflehead1659 nincompoopc1668 bavian1678 nokes1679 foolanea1681 cod1699 hulver-head1699 nigmenog1699 single ten1699 mud1703 dowf1722 foolatum1740 silly billy1749 tommy noddy1774 arsec1785 nincom1800 silly1807 slob1810 omadhaun1818 potwalloper1820 mosy1824 amadan1825 gump1825 gype1825 oonchook1825 prawn1845 suck-egg1851 goosey1852 nowmun1854 pelican1856 poppy-show1860 buggerlugs1861 damfool1881 mudhead1882 yob1886 peanut head1891 haggis bag1892 poop1893 gazob1906 mush1906 wump1908 zob1911 gorm1912 goof1916 goofus1916 gubbins1916 dumb cluck1922 twat1922 B.F.1925 goofer1925 bird brain1926 berk1929 Berkeley1929 Berkeley Hunt1929 ding1929 loogan1929 stupido1929 poop-stick1930 nelly1931 droop1932 diddy1933 slappy1937 goof ball1938 get1940 poon1940 tonk1941 clot1942 yuck1943 possum1945 gobdaw1947 momo1953 nig-nog1953 plonker1955 weenie1956 nong-nong1959 Berkshire Hunt1960 balloon1965 doofus1965 dork1965 nana1965 shit-for-brains1966 schmoll1967 tosspot1967 lunchbox1969 doof1971 tonto1973 dorkus1979 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 wally1980 wally brain1981 der-brain1983 langer1983 numpty1985 sotong1988 fanny1995 fannybaws2000 the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Papio (baboon) baboon?a1425 mancowea1500 babiona1529 hog-ape1608 bavian1678 hog-monkey1746 hog-faced ape1793 babuina1882 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts iii. 64/2 Other wild beasts..come somewhat near a Lion, as the Mitili..Quamitzli..Macamitzli [etc.]... Some of these kinds it may be are reducible to the Baboons, or Bavians [L. Quidsi quaedam harum specierum ad Cercopithecos reducantur]. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. xvii. 202 In the Choice of Roots and Fruits for Food they follow..the Bavian, a Sort of Ape; and will not taste of any Sort which those creatures do not feed upon [Ger. welche die..Bavianen fressen]. 1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 384 Hereupon the Combat was ushered in by sounding of Horns, and the first that enter'd, were two Polish Bulls, which were follow'd by..a Lion and Bavian. 1797 W. Gifford Baviad & Mæviad (new rev. ed.) 8 (note) In the first editions of this and the following poem, I had overlooked Mr. Parsons, though an undoubted Bavian. 1863 L. Duff-Gordon Let. 20 Mar. in Last Lett. from Egypt (1875) 314 To catch tortoises walking about, and to see ‘baviaans’, and snakes and secretary birds eating them! 1896 H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. 225 Sooner than think myself akin to such a race as that little dressed-up baviaan (baboon) my husband has been telling you of, I would disown my own blood. 1919 F. W. Fitzsimons Nat. Hist. S. Afr.: Mammals I. 29 The Cape Baboon or Bavian inhabits the whole of South Africa from the Cape to the Zambesi. 1973 S. Cloete Company with Heart of Gold 156 I told you the baviaans would take your mealies. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1625 |
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