monkeyesque

Adjective

monkeyesque (comparative more monkeyesque, superlative most monkeyesque)

1. Resembling or characteristic of monkeys (animal).
   • The sailors alleged, and probably believed, that such cats were the result of the cross between a monkey and a cat, which we recognize to be preposterous despite that the Siamese evinces in his nature a monkeyesque temperament and disposition which may well have inspired the concept of such...1962 [1952], Milo G. Denlinger, The Complete Siamese Cat, New York, N.Y.: Howell Book House, page 44
   • The old man who runs the benevolent association is finally worn down by Wittman's manic, monkeyesque one-man performance […]1999, Diane Simmons, Maxine Hong Kingston, New York, N.Y.: Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, page 157

   Synonyms:

   monkeyish, monkeylike