baboonish

1. 1.

   resembling a baboon

Questions about baboonish

What does baboonish mean?

baboonish means "resembling a baboon".

How many syllables are in baboonish?

baboonish has 3 syllables and divides as ba-boo-nish under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is baboonish a common word?

baboonish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.