anserousadj.

Brit.

/ˈans(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˈæns(ə)rəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin anser , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin anser goose (see anserine adj.) + -ous suffix.With sense 2 compare earlier anserine adj. 1 and note at that entry.

†1. Of the nature of or resembling a goose. Cf. anserine adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [adjective] > of or relating to goose

anserine1753

anserous1810

1810 W. Davies Gen. View Agric. N. Wales xiii. 347 Our anserous poultry are ducks and geese.

1848 C. Whitehead Smiles & Tears I. 233 When we have once slain our goose and obtained its golden eggs, I know not where is the Promethean heat that can warm that anserous biped into renewed existence.

2. Stupid, silly; = anserine adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]

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redelessOE

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infrunite1657

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goosy1811

spoony1813

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gumptionless1823

daftish1825

anserous1826

as crazy as a loon1830

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monkey-doodle1886

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peanut-headed1906

dinlo1907

boob1911

goofy1921

ding-a-ling1935

jerky1944

jerk1947

jerkish1948

pointy-headed1950

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

nerkish1975

numpty1992

1826 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. June 58 Can any one be so anserous as to suppose, that the faculties of young men cannot be exercised,..because Mr. Hamilton teaches, in three or four years, what has..demanded seven or eight?

1879 Truth No. 125. 642/2 If people are sufficiently anserous to rely on the babble.

1901 A. M. Binstead More Gal's Gossip 135 In which direction are we drifting—are women increasing in shrewdness or men in anserous gullibility?

1995 D. J. Schaub Erotic Liberalism ii. 29 When kept from its proper political exercise, honor is susceptible of degeneration into the most anserous forms of personal vanity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anserous
释义	anserousadj. Brit. /ˈans(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˈæns(ə)rəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin anser , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin anser goose (see anserine adj.) + -ous suffix.With sense 2 compare earlier anserine adj. 1 and note at that entry. †1. Of the nature of or resembling a goose. Cf. anserine adj. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [adjective] > of or relating to goose anserine1753 anserous1810 1810 W. Davies Gen. View Agric. N. Wales xiii. 347 Our anserous poultry are ducks and geese. 1848 C. Whitehead Smiles & Tears I. 233 When we have once slain our goose and obtained its golden eggs, I know not where is the Promethean heat that can warm that anserous biped into renewed existence. 2. Stupid, silly; = anserine adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 1826 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. June 58 Can any one be so anserous as to suppose, that the faculties of young men cannot be exercised,..because Mr. Hamilton teaches, in three or four years, what has..demanded seven or eight? 1879 Truth No. 125. 642/2 If people are sufficiently anserous to rely on the babble. 1901 A. M. Binstead More Gal's Gossip 135 In which direction are we drifting—are women increasing in shrewdness or men in anserous gullibility? 1995 D. J. Schaub Erotic Liberalism ii. 29 When kept from its proper political exercise, honor is susceptible of degeneration into the most anserous forms of personal vanity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1810
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