asinine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin asinīnus (“of a donkey or ass”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
asinine (comparative more asinine, superlative most asinine)
- Failing to exercise intelligence or judgment; ridiculously below average rationality.
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1922, Michael Arlen, “2/2/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- They danced on silently, softly. Their feet played tricks to the beat of the tireless measure, that exquisitely asinine blare which is England's punishment for having lost America.
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- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys.
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“Hamor, peel me an onion,” said the sybaritic troll to his asinine companion.
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Synonyms[edit]
- (failing to exercise intelligence or judgment): foolish, obstinate
- (characteristic of donkeys): donkeyish
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
failing to exercise intelligence or judgment
of or relating to a donkey
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
asinine
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
asinine
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
asinīne
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- Italian non-lemma forms
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