Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A place where apes are kept.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The practice of aping (copying)

  3. (countable, uncountable)Apish behavior.

    the act of mimicking; imitative behavior

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From ape + -ery.

From ape + -ery.

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Forms

plural: aperies
Singularapery
Pluralaperies

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of mimicking; imitative behavior:mimicry

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
apery — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto