"monkeyfy" meaning in English

See monkeyfy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: monkeyfies [present, singular, third-person], monkeyfying [participle, present], monkeyfied [participle, past], monkeyfied [past]
Etymology: monkey + -fy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|monkey|fy}} monkey + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} monkeyfy (third-person singular simple present monkeyfies, present participle monkeyfying, simple past and past participle monkeyfied)
  1. (transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to make a monkey out of. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-monkeyfy-en-verb-UkGeIDCH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fy

Inflected forms

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