singerie
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French singerie.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]singerie (uncountable)
- (art) A satirical genre of visual arts depicting monkeys imitating human behaviour, often fashionably dressed.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]singerie f (plural singeries)
- monkey house
- (usually in the plural) antics, clowning (around), monkey business
- Synonym: macaquerie
Further reading
[edit]- “singerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.