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Affe.

monkey or ape (male or female or of unspecified sex)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈafə/[ˈʔa.fə]
  1. monkey or ape (male or female or of unspecified sex)

    masculine · weak
  2. ellipsis of Fellaffe, a kind of furry military knapsack

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · masculine · weak
  3. drunkenness, alcohol intoxication

    masculine · regional · slang · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô. The sense of drunkenness has been traced to the late 18ᵗʰ century, allegedly playing on the homophony of Czech opice (“monkey or ape”) and opít se (“to get drunk”), though the image of a monkey being a possessing demon is translingual, and thus Spanish mona (“she-ape”) also means drunkenness, Spanish mono (“he-ape”) withdrawal symptoms, English monkey a substance (typically, a recreational drug) addiction.

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