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anserine

UK/ˈansəɹʌɪn/

anserine adjective: silly, foolish, stupid.

Adjective

anserine (comparative more anserine, superlative most anserine)

  1. Silly, foolish, stupid.
  2. Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike.
  3. (obsolete) Exhibiting goose flesh.
    • anserine skin

Noun

UK/ˈansəɹiːn/

anserine (countable and uncountable, plural anserines)

  1. A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle.

Forms of anserine

Adjective
comparativemore anserine
superlativemost anserine
Noun
pluralanserines

Origin of anserine

From Latin anserīnus, from anser (“goose”).

From Latin anser (“goose”) + -ine, after German Anserin.

Words formed from anserine

Questions about anserine

What does anserine mean?
Anserine means silly, foolish, stupid.
What part of speech is anserine?
Anserine can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce anserine?
Anserine is pronounced /ˈansəɹʌɪn/ (UK).

Words near anserine in the dictionary

  1. anseranatids
  2. anserated
  3. ansericide
  4. anseriform
  5. anseriforms
  6. anserine
  7. anserines
  8. ansermetite
  9. anserous
  10. Ansh
  11. Anshan

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