baboonery

[ ba-boo-nuh-ree or, esp. British, buh- ]
/ bæˈbu nə ri or, esp. British, bə- /

noun, plural ba·boon·er·ies.

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

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Origin of baboonery

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

Words nearby baboonery

babism, babka, babo's law, baboo, baboon, baboonery, babracot, babruysk, babs, babson, babu
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