apery
Americannoun
plural
aperies-
apish behavior; mimicry.
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a silly trick.
noun
Etymology
Origin of apery
Example Sentences
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She got her substitute vocabulary word right but misspelled “apery” to conclude the day’s action.
From Washington Post
The only difference between him and most former presidential candidates is that his apery is more apparent.
From Time
But I just know it’s a word you can make out of ‘aperies.’
From The New Yorker
If you have a hippopotamus major in your brain, you are no ape, though you had four hands, no feet, and were more apish than the apes of all aperies.
From Project Gutenberg
I saw there many women, dressed without regard to the season or the demands of the place, in apery, or, as it looked, in mockery, of European fashions.
From Project Gutenberg
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