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单词 bavian
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baviann.

Brit. /ˈbeɪvɪən/, U.S. /ˈbeɪviən/
Forms: 1600s– bavian; (in sense 2) 1700s– baviaan, 1700s– bawian, 1800s bovian (irregular), 1900s– babiaan.
Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Dutch baviaan, baviaen.
Etymology: < Dutch baviaan, †baviaen baboon n. Compare earlier babion n. In the specific South African use at sense 2 via South African Dutch baviaan chacma (Afrikaans bobbejaan ), extended use of Dutch baviaan ; in quot. 1731 at sense 2 immediately after German †Bavian (1719 in sense ‘chacma’, in the passage translated), variant of Pavian baboon n.
1. Usually with capital initial. A character in a morris dance representing a baboon, and typically engaging in wild, foolish, or lewd behaviour.
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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.
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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).
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