asininity

The quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity

Noun

  1. The quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity
    • He speaks of certain actions of the president of the cabinet as throwing an ugly light upon his character; he calls an apparently dishonest vote of another member of the cabinet “rotten” (hundsföttisch, which is even...
  2. An asinine remark, behaviour, etc.

Origin

Etymology tree English asinine Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English asininity From asinine + -ity.

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