asinine

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   extremely stupid or foolish

   The plan was so asinine that even its author abandoned it within the hour.

Simplified etymology

Asinine, meaning “stupid,” is recorded from the late Middle English period and goes back to Latin asinus, “ass” or “donkey.”

From Latin asininus ('of an ass'), from asinus ('ass, donkey').

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