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Where does “babery” come from?

babery (English) comes from English baboonery, from Middle English babwynrie — grotesque.

babery (English): Finery of a kind to please a child

Definitions

  1. Finery of a kind to please a child

Ancestry of “babery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbabooneryBaboonish behavior
2Middle Englishbabwynriegrotesque
Every word from Middle English babwynrie →