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jackassy

jackassy adjective: of, or characteristic of a jackass, an inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.

Adjective

jackassy (comparative more jackassy, superlative most jackassy)

  1. Of, or characteristic of a jackass, an inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
    • They'd spent so much of their trip surrounded by wolves who looked at her and saw other that she'd forgotten that the smallminded bastards in the human world had their own jackassy prejudices.2015, Moira Rogers, Impulse: Southern Arcana, Book 5

Forms of jackassy

comparativemore jackassy
superlativemost jackassy

Origin of jackassy

From jackass + -y.

Questions about jackassy

What does jackassy mean?
Jackassy means of, or characteristic of a jackass, an inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
What part of speech is jackassy?
Jackassy is an adjective.

Words near jackassy in the dictionary

  1. jackassfish
  2. jackassification
  3. jackassing
  4. jackassism
  5. jackassness
  6. jackassy
  7. jackbean
  8. jackbeans
  9. jackbird
  10. jackbirds
  11. jackboot

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