capuchin

• ⇰ 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.
• ⇰ A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of >capuchin > monks.
• ⇰ A long-tailed South American monkey (<spn>Cabus capucinus</spn>), 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>