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apery

[ ey-puh-ree ]

noun

plural aperies.
  1. apish behavior; mimicry.
  2. a silly trick.


apery

/ ˈɪəɪ /

noun

  1. imitative behaviour; mimicry
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apery1

First recorded in 1610–20; ape + -ery
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She got her substitute vocabulary word right but misspelled “apery” to conclude the day’s action.

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The only difference between him and most former presidential candidates is that his apery is more apparent.

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But I just know it’s a word you can make out of ‘aperies.’

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If you have a hippopotamus major in your brain, you are no ape, though you had four hands, no feet, and were more apish than the apes of all aperies.

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I saw there many women, dressed without regard to the season or the demands of the place, in apery, or, as it looked, in mockery, of European fashions.

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