Menagerie

/məˈnæʒəri/ noun

Definition

A collection of wild animals kept for display, or any chaotic collection of different things or people.

Etymology

From French 'ménagerie,' derived from 'ménage' (household management). Originally referred to royal collections of exotic animals, a status symbol of European monarchs.

Kelly Says

Royal menageries like those in Versailles were actual power symbols—the more exotic and dangerous your animals, the more money and global reach you had, making them the original status-flex of the wealthy!

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