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tankhughes commented on the word babewyn
In architecture, this was a Middle Ages term for a stone statue on a building, sometimes also called a grotesque, a chimera, or a gargoyle if it had water-draining feature. It comes from an Italian word meaning baboon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque_(architecture)
March 3, 2025
bilby commented on the word babewyn
Modern standard Italian is babbuino.
March 3, 2025