Monkeydom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or essence of being a monkey. uncountable

    "She was not an exception to that general rule which governs monkeydom, which is to suspect every one of doing wrong except itself."

Example

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"She was not an exception to that general rule which governs monkeydom, which is to suspect every one of doing wrong except itself."

Etymology

From monkey + -dom.

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