singerie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French singerie.
Pronunciation[edit]
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.