monkeyesque

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monkeyesque

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From monkey + -esque. Piecewise doublet of monkeyish.

adjective more monkeyesque · most monkeyesque

Resembling or characteristic of monkeys (animal). The sailors alleged, and probably believed, that such cats were the result of the cross between a monkey and a cat, which we recognize to be preposterous despite that the Siamese evinces in his nature a monkeyesque temperament and disposition which may well have inspired the concept of such hybridiz
Similar: monkeyish, monkeylike

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@misc{monkeyesque_2026,
  title = {monkeyesque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monkeyesque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}