Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling an ass; asinine; absurdly stupid or obstinate: as, “the assish kind,” Udall, Luke xix.; “an assish phrase,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like an
ass ;stupid orobstinate ;asinine .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An ass hat is a gentleman who has hair parted down the middle, with two assish wings of hair presiding over his majestic dome.
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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.
The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin
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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 Baalam was wont to ride: And by this exaltation he became not only more stately, but the horns of the beast would push for him (Rev 17: 3-6).
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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A long day of standing in life-stealing, long-ass lines became even more criminal and assish as I counted the minutes before I could rip into the most awesome of delayed Christmas presents.
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A long day of standing in life-stealing, long-ass lines became even more criminal and assish as I counted the minutes before I could rip into the most awesome of delayed Christmas presents.
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A long day of standing in life-stealing, long-ass lines became even more criminal and assish as I counted the minutes before I could rip into the most awesome of delayed Christmas presents.
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It is the gentle nudge, the sheepish smile, the slightly pain-in-the-assish, "You still love me, don't you?"
Newspaper Tree 2009
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A long day of standing in life-stealing, long-ass lines became even more criminal and assish as I counted the minutes before I could rip into the most awesome of delayed Christmas presents.
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A long day of standing in life-stealing, long-ass lines became even more criminal and assish as I counted the minutes before I could rip into the most awesome of delayed Christmas presents.
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A long day of standing in life-stealing, long-ass lines became even more criminal and assish as I counted the minutes before I could rip into the most awesome of delayed Christmas presents.
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