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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
French ''ménagerie'', from Middle French, [[management]] of a household or [[farm]], from ''menage'' | French ''ménagerie'', from Middle French, [[management]] of a household or [[farm]], from ''menage'' | ||
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1a : a place where [[animals]] are kept and [[trained]] especially for [[exhibition]] | *1a : a place where [[animals]] are kept and [[trained]] especially for [[exhibition]] | ||
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*2: a varied mixture <a menagerie of comedians | *2: a varied mixture <a menagerie of comedians | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | A '''menagerie''' is/was a form of keeping common and exotic [[animals]] in captivity that preceded the modern [ | + | A '''menagerie''' is/was a form of keeping common and exotic [[animals]] in captivity that preceded the modern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological_garden zoological garden]. The term was first used in seventeenth century France in [[reference]] to the [[management]] of household or domestic stock. Later, it came to be used primarily in reference to [[aristocratic]] or [[royal]] animal collections. The French-language "Methodical Encyclopaedia" of 1782 defines a menagerie as an "establishment of [[luxury]] and [[curiosity]]." Later on, the term referred also to traveling animal collections that exhibited wild animals at fairs across Europe and the Americas.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagerie] |
[[Category: Zoology]] | [[Category: Zoology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:24, 13 December 2020
Origin
French ménagerie, from Middle French, management of a household or farm, from menage
Definitions
- 1a : a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
- b : a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition
- 2: a varied mixture <a menagerie of comedians
Description
A menagerie is/was a form of keeping common and exotic animals in captivity that preceded the modern zoological garden. The term was first used in seventeenth century France in reference to the management of household or domestic stock. Later, it came to be used primarily in reference to aristocratic or royal animal collections. The French-language "Methodical Encyclopaedia" of 1782 defines a menagerie as an "establishment of luxury and curiosity." Later on, the term referred also to traveling animal collections that exhibited wild animals at fairs across Europe and the Americas.[1]
