Assish
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Characteristic of an ass or donkey.
"Further, he quickly got him a beast to ride on, far, for sumptuous glory, beyond — though as to nature as assish a creature as — that on which Balaam was wont to ride; and by this exaltation he not only became more stately, but the horns of the beast would push for him."
- 2 Stupid or obstinate; asinine.
"c. 1795, Peter Pindar (John Wolcot), Liberty's Last Squeak an assish, mulish, packhorse clan"
Example
More examples"Further, he quickly got him a beast to ride on, far, for sumptuous glory, beyond — though as to nature as assish a creature as — that on which Balaam was wont to ride; and by this exaltation he not only became more stately, but the horns of the beast would push for him."
Etymology
From ass + -ish.
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