anserine
- adjective
- /ˈæn.səˌraɪn/
- Offensive
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estúpido
- She grew frustrated with his anserine behavior, which seemed to lack any common sense.
Examples
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His anserine comments made everyone roll their eyes during the meeting.
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Critics dismissed the proposal as an anserine scheme with no chance of success.
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Don't be so anserine!
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His anserine comments during the meeting surprised everyone.
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Critics dismissed the proposal as an anserine scheme lacking any practicality.
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His anserine remarks made it clear he did not understand the topic.
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She found his anserine questions to be quite annoying and off-topic.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not intelligent and showing poor judgment
505
1.3
Not showing good sense and making unwise choices
138
8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
24
3.5
Very stupid and not using common sense
23
8.7
To be very foolish and show poor judgment
19
6.7
Not very smart and likely to act in a silly way
8
3.3
Not smart or slow to understand
5
8.8
Very stupid or showing poor judgment
2
9.8
Silly in a way that shows bad judgment
1
7.3
Very stupid and showing little thought
1
7.2
Silly and slow to understand things
1
7.9
Being very foolish and showing poor judgment
1
9.9
Being silly and not thinking clearly
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
Silly and acting in a foolish, awkward way
Very foolish and acting without thinking
Very stupid and not able to think clearly
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
anserine = goose (opaque) = anser + ine
The figurative meaning 'stupid or foolish' is an extended, cultural/metaphorical sense from 'goose' and is not derivable by standard morphological rules from the base form.
Etymology
Anserine also comes from the old Latin root anser 'goose' and came to mean 'stupid' because people often saw geese as silly birds. A helpful way to remember this is to think of calling someone a 'goose' when they act foolish, which is why anserine can mean 'foolish'.