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Anserine

//ˈansəɹʌɪn// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Silly, foolish, stupid.
  2. 2
    Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike.
  3. 3
    Exhibiting goose flesh. obsolete

    "anserine skin"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or revealing stupidity wordnet
  2. 2
    of or resembling a goose wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin anserīnus, from anser (“goose”).

Etymology 2

From Latin anser (“goose”) + -ine, after German Anserin.

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