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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or resembling a goose;

2. having or revealing stupidity;
- Example: "ridiculous anserine behavior"
- Example: "a dopey answer"
- Example: "a dopey kid"
- Example: "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
[syn: anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anserine \An"ser*ine\, a. [L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose.]
   1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a
      goose.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Anseres.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anserine
    adj 1: of or resembling a goose
    2: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine
       behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea
       about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy,
       dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]