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talapoin
[ tal-uh-poin ]
noun
- a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus ( Cercopithecus ) talapoin, of western Africa.
talapoin
/ ˈtæləˌpɔɪn /
noun
- the smallest of the guenon monkeys, Cercopithecus talapoin, of swampy central W African forests, having olive-green fur and slightly webbed digits
- in Myanmar and Thailand
- a Buddhist monk
- a title of respect used in addressing such a monk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of talapoin1
1580–90; < French, special use (originally jocular) of talapoin Buddhist monk < Mon tɔelaʔ pian (written tīla puin ) Buddha, literally, the Lord of Merit ( Old Mon tirlaaʾ lord + Pali puñña merit)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of talapoin1
C16: from French, literally: Buddhist monk, from Portuguese talapão, from Mon tala pōi our lord; originally jocular, from the appearance of the monkey
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Example Sentences
A talapoin says, that Fo was a holy man, whose doctrine the bonzes have corrupted, and that Sammonocodom is the true God.
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