anserine

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

dopey

dopy

foolish

gooselike

goosey

goosy

dizzy

💫

stupid

rattlebrained

jerky

fond

frivolous

giddy

gormless

half-baked

half-witted

headless

hen-witted

inane

insensate

lunkhead

meshuga

sappy

silly

slow-witted

sottish

unfunny

unintelligent

unwise

cockamamy

goony

nutty as a fruitcake

insipient

sawney

soft-witted

dunderheaded

clottish

lamebrained

oxlike

duncelike

chowderheaded

boobish

twp

lunkish

wisdomless

twatty

apish

melon-headed

balmy

barmy

Boeotian

cockamamie

dense

dim-witted

dull

dumb

feebleminded

Translations

tonto

ridículo

ansarino

aptal

ansérine

närrisch

insensé

imbécile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈansəɹʌɪn/

Etymology

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