saki

1
[ sak-ee, sah-kee ]
/ ˈsæk i, ˈsɑ ki /

noun

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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Origin of saki

1
1765–75; < French < Tupi sagui

Words nearby saki

saker, sakha republic, sakhalin, sakharov, sakharov, andrei, saki, sakishima, sakkara, sakkos, sakmann, sakta

Definition for saki (2 of 5)

saki2
[ sah-kee ]
/ ˈsɑ ki /

noun

sake2.

Definition for saki (3 of 5)

Saki
[ sah-kee ]
/ ˈsɑ ki /

noun

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

Definition for saki (4 of 5)

sake2

or sa·ké, sa·ki

[ sah-kee ]
/ ˈsɑ ki /

noun

a Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.

Origin of sake

2
1680–90; < Japanese sake(y), earlier *sakai

Definition for saki (5 of 5)

Munro
[ muh n-roh ]
/ mənˈroʊ /

noun

Alice (Laid·law) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/,born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
H(ector) H(ugh)Saki,1870–1916, Scottish novelist and short-story writer, born in Burma.
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British Dictionary definitions for saki (1 of 6)

saki
/ (ˈsɑːkɪ) /

noun

any of several small mostly arboreal New World monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes, having long hair and a long bushy tail
another name for sake 2

Word Origin for saki

sense 1: C20: French, from Tupi saqi

British Dictionary definitions for saki (2 of 6)

Saki
/ (ˈsɑːkɪ) /

noun

pen name of (Hector Hugh) Munro

British Dictionary definitions for saki (3 of 6)

Munro1
/ (mʌnˈrəʊ) /

noun plural Munros

mountaineering any separate mountain peak over 3000 feet high: originally used of Scotland only but now sometimes extended to other parts of the British Isles

Word Origin for Munro

C20: named after Hugh Thomas Munro (1856–1919), who published a list of these in 1891

British Dictionary definitions for saki (4 of 6)

Munro2
/ (mʌnˈrəʊ) /

noun

Alice, original name Alice Laidlaw. born 1931, Canadian short-story writer; her books include Lives of Girls and Women (1971), The Moons of Jupiter (1982), and The Love of a Good Woman (1999); winner of the Booker international prize (2009) for a lifetime body of work
H (ector) H (ugh), pen name Saki. 1870–1916, Scottish author, born in Burma (now Myanmar), noted for his collections of satirical short stories, such as Reginald (1904) and Beasts and Superbeasts (1914)

British Dictionary definitions for saki (5 of 6)

sake1
/ (seɪk) /

noun

benefit or interest (esp in the phrase for (someone's or one's own) sake)
the purpose of obtaining or achieving (esp in the phrase for the sake of (something))
used in various exclamations of impatience, urgency, etcfor heaven's sake; for pete's sake

Word Origin for sake

C13 (in the phrase for the sake of, probably from legal usage): from Old English sacu lawsuit (hence, a cause); related to Old Norse sok, German Sache matter

British Dictionary definitions for saki (6 of 6)

sake2

sak or saki

/ (ˈsækɪ) /

noun

a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice

Word Origin for sake

C17: from Japanese
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Idioms and Phrases with saki

sake

see for the sake of.

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