Also 4 babwynrie. [Cf. F. babouïnnerie ‘apishnesse, fopperie, foolerie’ (Cotgr.), f. babouin: see prec. and -ERY.]

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  † 1.  Grotesque ornamentation: cf. BABERY. Obs.

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1383.  Wyclif, Wks., i. (1880), 8. Ȝif þei drawen þe peple … by coryouste of gaye wyndownes … peyntyngis and babwynrie.

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  2.  A collection or colony of baboons; cf. rookery.

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1613.  Chapman, Masque Mid. Temp. (D.). A vast, wither’d, and hollow Tree, the bare receptacle of the Baboonerie.

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  3.  Baboonish condition, conduct or behavior.

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a. 1848.  Marryat, R. Reefer, xix. The improvement … that baboonery had made toward manhood.

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1857.  Nat. Mag., II. 168. Oranges which he demolished in a style of the most perfect baboonery.

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