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as⋅i⋅nine

  [as-uh-nahyn]
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–adjective
1. foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid: It is surprising that supposedly intelligent people can make such asinine statements.
2. of or like an ass: asinine obstinacy; asinine features.
Origin:
1600–10; < L asinīnus, equiv. to asin(us) ass 1 + -īnus -ine 1

Related forms:
as⋅i⋅nine⋅ly, adverb
as⋅i⋅nin⋅i⋅ty  [as-uh-nin-i-tee] , noun

Synonyms:
1. See foolish.
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as·i·nine   (ās'ə-nīn')   
adj.  
  1. Utterly stupid or silly: asinine behavior.
  2. Of, relating to, or resembling an ass.

[Latin asinīnus, of an ass, from asinus, ass.]
as'i·nine'ly adv., as'i·nin'i·ty (-nĭn'ĭ-tē) n.
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Asinine

As"i*nine\, a. [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.
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asinine 
c.1610, from L. asininus "stupid," lit. "like an ass," from asinus "ass," also "dolt, blockhead" (see ass (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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