saki

¹ American  

[sak-ee, sah-kee] / ˈsæk i, ˈsɑ ki /

noun

1. any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.

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Saki ² American  

[sah-kee] / ˈsɑ ki /

noun

1. pen name of H(ector) H(ugh) Munro.

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saki ¹ British  

/ ˈsɑːkɪ /

noun

1. any of several small mostly arboreal New World monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes, having long hair and a long bushy tail

2. another name for sake 2

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Saki ² British  

/ ˈsɑːkɪ /

noun

1. pen name of (Hector Hugh) Munro

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Etymology

Origin of saki

1765–75; < French < Tupi sagui

Example Sentences

A 10-month-old white-faced saki monkey called Fia and two eight-month-old golden lion tamarin primates, male Pomelo and female Clementine, have all been named by zookeepers recently.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

That sushi indulgence aside, most of our meals run under $20 a head, beers and saki included — another draw for visiting skiers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2016

So he lazied with geishas, saki, talk and chess.

From Time Magazine Archive

Director Edgell, whose personal knowledge of Japanese art is rudimentary, left the selection to his associate Mr. Tomita, spent 26 days drinking tea and saki with Japanese wrestlers, silk tycoons, bankers, enjoyed himself immensely.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each man had his own little table and eight or ten separate dishes, a bottle of saki, tea-pipe, and hibatchi, arranged exactly as ours had been at the tea-house at Yokohama.

From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie