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Certain monkey ... or monk
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capuchin
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Middle French capuchin (16c., Modern French capucin ), from Italian capuccino , diminutive of capuccio "hood," augmentative of cappa (see cap (n.)). Friar of the Order of St. Francis, under the rule of 1528, so called from the pointed hoods ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a hooded cloak for women monkey of Central America and South America having a cowl of thick hair on the head [syn: ringtail , Cebus capucinus ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See Capoch .] (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. ...
Usage examples of capuchin.
The Capuchin answered me with a torrent of abuse, so the count ordered a pair of scissors to be brought, that the beards of the filthy rogues might be cut off.
Dominican and Capuchin convents of that city, until proper houses could be prepared for their reception at Tivoli and Frescati.
I saw my fair one going out wearing a capuchin, and followed by her family.
She looked something like a capuchin, the organ-grinder monkey that would one day roam the forests of South America, and was about that size.
He was no longer a Capuchin monkey, but a full-grown silverback gorilla.
After the meal was over, I asked her to walk with me in the garden of the Capuchin Monastery, which was close at hand.
The Capuchin made but a poor answer, and as I thought the count to be in the right I procceded to back him up, telling the friar he ought to be ashamed at having committed the sin of pride, so strictly condemned by the rules of his order.
He desired me to write to the superior of the Jesuits that he would not apply to the Capuchins, because they were no better than atheists, and that that was the reason of the great dislike of Saint-Francis for them.
Doctor Gozzi told me that there could not be the shadow of a doubt that his unfortunate sister was possessed, as, if she had only been mad, she never would have so cruelly ill-treated the Capuchin, Prospero, and he determined to place her under the care of Father Mancia.
I added that I could not, much to my regret, obey him, and that if I had meant to live in slovenliness, I would have become a Capuchin and not an abbe.
It was in vain that I reminded him of the fact that, in the time of Saint-Francis, there were neither Capuchins nor Recollets.
They wear the Capuchin habit out of devotion, and you would not find a chemise on one of them.
I could not conceive what her purpose was in playing such a part. The Capuchin dined with us, and during the meal he uttered a good deal of nonsense.
But I cannot help saying that the preference given by your devils to the exorcism of that handsome monk over the incantations of the ugly Capuchin is likely to give birth to remarks rather detrimental to your honour.
The Capuchin dined with us, and during the meal he uttered a good deal of nonsense.