menagerie

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪˈnædʒərɪ/

[edit] Etymology

From French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“‘to keep house’”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.

[edit] Noun

menagerie (plural menageries)

1. A collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept
   • 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides

     In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus managerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.

2. A diverse or miscellaneous group