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monkeyism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mon-key-ism
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tomfoolery; silly or foolish behaviour.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The Darwinian theory of evolution.

Countable; Dated; Derogatory; Uncountable

Etymology

From monkey + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

monkeyisms (plural)

Questions

What does monkeyism mean?
Tomfoolery; silly or foolish behaviour.
Where does monkeyism come from?
From monkey + -ism.

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