ProphetesAI is thinking...
baboonery
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
baboonery
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...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
baublery
† ˈbaublery Obs. In 6 bablerie, babelerie, babelry. [f. as prec. + -ry.] Childish foolery, trifling business. See also babblery, babery, baboonery, all liable to contact of form and sense.1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. (1877) 81 These new toyes..fond deuyces and childish babelries (new fashions I should s...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
babery
† ˈbabery Obs. Also 4 babeuwry, -eurie, 6 baberie. [perhaps orig. a spoken or written corruption of babwynrie, baboonery; in later use f. babe, baby n. 4.] Grotesque ornamentation in architecture and books; grotesque absurdity.c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame 1189 (Caxton) Many subtyl compassynges, As babeuwr...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai