"asininity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: asininities [plural]
Etymology: asinine + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|asinine|ity}} asinine + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} asininity (countable and uncountable, plural asininities)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity Tags: uncountable Translations (quality of being asinine): Dämlichkeit [feminine] (German), Dümmlichkeit [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-asininity-en-noun-9d6j2AVx Disambiguation of 'quality of being asinine': 94 6
  2. (countable) An asinine remark, behaviour, etc. Tags: countable Translations (asinine remark, etc.): aasimaisuus (Finnish), Dämlichkeit [feminine] (German), Dümmlichkeit [feminine] (German), Eselei [feminine] (German), γαϊδουριά (gaïdouriá) [feminine] (Greek), asineria [feminine] (Italian), ciucata [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-asininity-en-noun-7Aj6agyg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'asinine remark, etc.': 26 74

Inflected forms

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