baboonery

[ ba-boo-nuh-reeor, especially British, buh- ]

noun

, plural ba·boon·er·ies.

1. an uncouth, ridiculous, or brutish condition, attitude, or action.

Word History and Origins

Origin of baboonery¹

1375–1425; late Middle English babwynrie, equivalent to bab ( e ) wyn baboon + -rie -ery

Example Sentences

But young Nap, now styled Administrator of the Baboonery, was before him.

From Project Gutenberg

You smiled with satisfaction when you saw how great the improvement was that baboonery had made toward manhood.

From Project Gutenberg