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anserine definition

anserine


 
  Overview  of  adj  anserine 
 
  The  adj  anserine  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  anserine  --  ((zoology)  of  or  resembling  a  goose) 
  2.  anserine,  dopy,  dopey,  fool,  foolish,  goosey,  goosy,  gooselike  --  ((informal)  having  or  revealing  stupidity;  "ridiculous  anserine  behavior";  "a  dopey  answer";  "a  dopey  kid";  "some  fool  idea  about  rewriting  authors'  books") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  anserine 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  anserine 
 
  Sense  2 
  anserine,  dopy,  dopey,  fool(postnominal),  foolish,  goosey,  goosy,  gooselike 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  stupid)  ->  smart 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  anserine 
 
  2  senses  of  anserine 
 
  Sense  1 
  anserine 
  Pertains  to  noun  subfamily  Anserinae  (Sense  1) 
  =>Anserinae,  subfamily  Anserinae 
  =>  bird  family 
 
  Sense  2 
  anserine,  dopy,  dopey,  fool(postnominal),  foolish,  goosey,  goosy,  gooselike 
  =>  stupid  (vs.  smart) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  anserine 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  anserine 
 
  anserine  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  anserine 
  anserine 
 
  Overview  of  adj  anserine 
 
  The  adj  anserine  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  anserine  --  ((zoology)  of  or  resembling  a  goose) 
  2.  anserine,  dopy,  dopey,  fool,  foolish,  goosey,  goosy,  gooselike  --  ((informal)  having  or  revealing  stupidity;  "ridiculous  anserine  behavior";  "a  dopey  answer";  "a  dopey  kid";  "some  fool  idea  about  rewriting  authors'  books") 



anserine definition