asininity
The quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity
Noun
- 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...
- 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.