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baboon (iou)



baboon noun. ME.
[Old French babuin gaping figure, manikin, baboon, or medieval Latin babewynus; perh. from Old & mod. French baboue muzzle, grimace.]
A grotesque figure used in architecture etc. ME-L16.
Any of a number of large African and Arabian monkeys, having muzzles resembling those of dogs. LME.
chacma baboon, gelada baboon, hamadryas baboon, sphinx-baboon, ursine baboon, yellow baboon, etc.
An ugly or uncouth person; a stupid person. Also gen. as a term of abuse. L15.
Comb.: baboon spider any of various large, hairy burrowing spiders of Ceratogyrus, Harpactira, or related genera, found in Africa.
baboonery noun (a) = BABERY; (b) rare a baboon colony, a place where baboons are kept; (c) baboonish behaviour or condition: LME.
baboonish adjective resembling (that of) a baboon E19.