baboonery
(bəˈbuːnərɪ)
Also 4 babwynrie.
[Cf. F. babouïnnerie ‘apishnesse, fopperie, foolerie’ (Cotgr.), f. babouin: see prec. and -ery.]
† 1. Grotesque ornamentation: cf. babery. Obs.
| 1383 Wyclif Wks. i. (1880) 8 Ȝif þei drawen þe peple..by coryouste of gaye wyndownes..peyntyngis and babwynrie. |
2. A collection or colony of baboons; cf. rookery.
| 1613 Chapman Masque Mid. Temp. (D.) A vast, wither'd and hollow tree, the bare receptacle of the Baboonerie. |
3. Baboonish condition, conduct, or behaviour.
| a 1848 Marryat R. Reefer xix, The improvement..that baboonery had made toward manhood. 1857 Nat. Mag. II. 168 Oranges which he demolished in a style of the most perfect baboonery. |