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Webster 1913 Edition


Asinine

As′i-nine

,
Adj.
[L.
asininus
, fr.
asinus
ass. See
Ass
.]
Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.
Asinine nature.”
B. Jonson.
Asinine feast.”
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Asinine

AS'ININE

, rarely. AS'INARY,
Adj.
[L. asinus.]
Belonging to the ass; having the qualities of the ass.

Definition 2024


asinine

asinine

English

Adjective

asinine (comparative more asinine, superlative most asinine)

  1. Failing to exercise intelligence or judgment; ridiculously below average rationality.
    • 1922, Michael Arlen, chapter 2/2/2, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
      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.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys.

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Italian

Adjective

asinine

  1. feminine plural of asinino

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Latin

Adjective

asinīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of asinīnus