monkeyism
English
noun
Definitions
- Tomfoolery; silly or foolish behaviour.
- (derogatory) The Darwinian theory of evolution.
Etymology
Suffix from English monkey (menial employee who does a repetitive job).
Origin
English
monkey
Gloss
menial employee who does a repetitive job
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimonkey English
- assmonkey English
- grease-monkey English
- hosemonkey English
- monkey English
- monkey nut English
- monkey run English
- monkeyboard English
- monkeydom English
- monkeyface English
- monkeyflower English
- monkeyfy English
- monkeygland English
- monkeyhood English
- monkeyish English
- monkeykind English
- monkeyless English
- monkeylike English
- monkeypod English
- monkeypox English
- supermonkey English
- weremonkey English
- モンキー Japanese
- moncaí Irish
- manki Serbo-Croatian
- mwnci Welsh
- monnekijn Middle Dutch
- manki Tok Pisin
- mágí Navajo, Navaho