asinine

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Alternatively should I talk about Asin, the Latin root of the English word "asinine" whose hyper-animated innocent girl routine was so grating that I was cheering on Ghajini and his sledgehammer to put me out my misery?

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  1. adjective Utterly stupid or silly: asinine behavior.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or resembling an ass.

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  • The drunken revelers seemed asinine, and I kept looking for pickpockets in the crowd. —  muller 10 fixed
  • Although the plot when recited sounds asinine, and the pace and special-effects slacken somewhat at about the halfway mark, this book is nevertheless an important experiment in the evolution of science-fiction writing Tomorrow is Upon Us PREVIEW FOR TOMORROW, by Bruce Bliven. —  August, 1953
  • "Hate our freedom" is the most childish, asinine ***** since McCain said he was going to "defeat evil." —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • Alternatively should I talk about Asin, the Latin root of the English word "asinine" whose hyper-animated innocent girl routine was so grating that I was cheering on Ghajini and his sledgehammer to put me out my misery? —  Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind
  • (I say that because the civil war was about something completely different and asinine, and not a legitimate reason to contest the government) —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
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  1. Latin asinīnus, of an ass, from asinus, ass.

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  1. from Latin asininus, from asinus, an ass: see ass.
 

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/ˈæsɪnaɪn/
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