asininity

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  1. The quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity. The elephant's discourse Will neutralize the stupid asininity. The Century, XXVII. 960.

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  • At no point do I demand that anyone "prove" anything to me in a comment box, because, let's face it, such a thing is the height of asininity. —  California Literary Review
  • It could even spell long-term disarray, if not outright doom, for the modern Republican Party and its unique brand of lockstep asininity. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • A hybrid of myth and deceit peddled by the chattering bandersnatches of the Democratic Party's backup communications offices at MSNBC and other press-release transmission belts of the Obama campaign, the whole pseudo-story was surely the brightest flare in the bonfire of asininity in St. Paul this week. —  National Review Online
  • MSNBC and other press-release transmission belts of the Obama campaign, the whole pseudo-story was surely the brightest flare in the bonfire of asininity in St. Paul this week. —  The McCarville Report Online
  • The hell of it is, I think this asininity is going to be a factor. —  Obsidian Wings
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  1. from asinine + -ity. Cf. Middle Latin asinitas, stupidity.
 

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