Crossword-Solution: CAPUCHIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Capuchin | n. | A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. |
| Capuchin | n. | A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. |
| Capuchin | n. | A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai. |
| Capuchin | n. | Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella. |
| Capuchin | n. | A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck. |
We have 21 clues for the answer “CAPUCHIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Monkey named for its resemblance to a monk | 1 answer |
| Monkey named for a monk | 1 answer |
| Kind of monk or monkey | 1 answer |
| Cloak or monkey | 1 answer |
| Certain monkey ... or monk | 1 answer |
| CLOAK and hood | 1 answer |
| CAPPUCCINO | 1 answer |
| ITALIAN cappuccino | 2 answers |
| Hooded cloak | 3 answers |
| New World monkey | 5 answers |
| Franciscan | 5 answers |
| Type of monkey | 6 answers |
| Hooded garment | 14 answers |
| Monk | 15 answers |
| South American monkey | 26 answers |
| Barbary ape relative | 31 answers |
| APE RELATIVE | 32 answers |
| Bandar relative | 32 answers |
| Cloak | 55 answers |
| Hood | 57 answers |
| Monkey ___ | 57 answers |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with CAPUCHIN (5)
Side by side with these were monks of various orders: the Franciscan in his blue gown and large white hat; the Capuchin in his brown serge; the Brother of Mercy in his white flowing robes.
The plump Capuchin Fathers, in their coarse brown robes, knotted about the waist with a cord, their bare feet thrust into sandals, would come out and sun themselves on the stone bench at the side of the monastery on the hill, or would potter about the garden.
And presently a little Capuchin monkey, very clean, with a fur of ruddy brown and kindly hazel eyes, came down a tree to us and ran beside me, looking up at me and grinning, and presently leapt to my shoulder.
The Capuchin monks thundered from the pulpit throughout France regarding these proofs of the power of Satan: the alarm spread, until at last even jovial, sceptical King Henry IV was disquieted, and the reigning Pope was asked to take measures to ward off the evil.
For this purpose Richelieu had chosen an admirable instrument in Father Joseph, a Capuchin friar, who accompanied the ambassadors without exciting the least suspicion.
Quotes with CAPUCHIN (1)
(scene: Rock and Vanessa are in a tree house in the Costa Rican jungle) “Placing 9mms inside a pot and securing the lid — capuchin monkeys sometimes snuck in and messed with his stuff, and the last thing he wanted was to accidentally plugged by some light-fingered primate — he turned back around to find Vanessa’s head cocked, her lips pursed.
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Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1988–2024).