Asinine (adj)
as-in-ine
foolish, unintelligent, or silly.
Asinine, “foolish, unintelligent, or silly,” comes from Latin asinīnus, which is based on asinus, “donkey.” The specific origin of asinus remains unknown and unrecorded, but there is ample evidence that it derives from a lost pre-Roman language based on its resemblance to other Eurasian words for “donkey” or, specifically, “female donkey,”
Example sentences
“she showed innovative pedagogical methods.”
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