sapajou

[ sap-uh-joo ]

noun

1. a capuchin monkey.

sapajou

/ ˈsæpəˌdʒuː /

noun

1. another name for capuchin

Word History and Origins

Origin of sapajou¹

Borrowed into English from French around 1690–1700

Word History and Origins

Origin of sapajou¹

C17: from French, of Tupi origin

Example Sentences

There may be monkeys up there over your head,—burly red Howler, or tiny peevish Sapajou, peering down at you, but you cannot peer up at them.

From Project Gutenberg

These monkeys, whose native name is sapajou, are the typical representatives of the family Cebidae, and belong to a sub-family in which the tail is generally prehensile.

From Project Gutenberg

The mot is pretty well known: "Annoncez le sapajou de Madame la Comtesse Dubarry," said a great lord of the court of Louis XV. one day.

From Project Gutenberg

To put a wild sapajou monkey,— weak, timid and afraid,—in a strange and formidable prison box filled with strange machinery, and call upon it to learn or to invent strange mechanical processes, is like bringing a boy of ten years up to a four-cylinder duplex Hoe printing-and-folding press, and saying to him: "Now, go ahead and find out how to run this machine, and print both sides of a signature upon it."

From Project Gutenberg

There I should be immediately asked: 'Mais qu'est ce que c'est donc que ce petit Sapajou que vous avez embrasse si tendrement?

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