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asinine, a.|ˈæsɪnaɪn|
Also 7–8 ass-.
[ad. L. asinīnus, f. asinus ass: see -ine1.]
1. Of or pertaining to asses.
1624Bolton Nero 246 Her fiue hundred female asses..her asinine dayrie. 1641Milton Educ. Wks. 1738 I. 137 That asinine feast of sowthistles. 1873Longfellow Monk Casal Magg. 157 Since monkish flesh and asinine are one.
2. Having the qualities by which the ass is characterized; obstinate, stupid, doltish.
c1610Chapman Iliad, To Reader 225 Your asinine souls, Proud of their burdens, feel not how they gall. 1781Cowper Convers. 209 'Tis the most asinine employ on earth, To hear them tell of parentage and birth. 1859Helps Friends in C. Ser. ii. I. ii. 153 And I..should be asinine enough to go. |