asinine
adj/ˈæs.ɪ.naɪn/UK
Etymology
From Latin asinīnus (“of a donkey or ass”).
Definitions
Very foolish
Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.
- 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.
Characteristic of an ass (an asshole)
Characteristic of an ass (an asshole): objectionably inconsiderate or jerky.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys.
- Don Quixote had put himself but a little way ayont the village of Don Diego, when he encountered two apparent priests, or students, and two husbandmen, who came mounted on four asinine beasts.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for asinine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA