Definition of Asininities

1. Noun. (plural of asininity) ¹

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Definition of Asininities

1. asininity [n] - See also: asininity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asininities

asian americans
asiarch
aside
aside from
asideness
asides
asilus
asimadoline
asine
asinico
asinicos
asinine
asininely
asinineness
asininities (current term)
asininity
asiphonate
asiphonates
asiphonida
asisite
asitia
ask
ask-upmark kidney
ask after
ask around
ask for
ask for it
ask for the moon
ask for trouble

Literary usage of Asininities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1921)
"... have their crudities and some humanists their asininities, we must realize that science and the humanities have far more in common than they have apart. ..."

2. The Bookman (1899)
"Measures must be taken to forestall the re-occurrence of such asininities. The foreign editor was discharged. Editor Bismarck was at his best, ..."

3. Literary Reviews and Criticisms by Prosser Hall Frye (1908)
"... tittle-tattle, asininities, and twaddle. It would be imprudent, no doubt, to lay very much emphasis on any opinion of Sainte-Beuve reported by Goncourt. ..."

4. Rosinante to the Road Again by John Dos Passos (1922)
"If you find a man babbling asininities, to whom the crowd listens open-mouthed, shout at them all: 'idiots!' and forward, always forward! ..."

5. American Methods in Foreign Trade: A Guide to Export Selling Policy by George Charles Vedder (1919)
"... yourselves ridiculous by slinging at them the same old mud which your secretaries excavate from the printed record of your predecessors' asininities. ..."

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