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assish

/ˈæsɪʃ/

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From ass + -ish.

adjective more assish · most assish

Characteristic of an ass or donkey. Further, he quickly got him a beast to ride on, far, for sumptuous glory, beyond — though as to nature as assish a creature as — that on which Balaam was wont to ride; and by this exaltation he not only became more stately, but the horns of the beast would push for him.
Stupid or obstinate; asinine. c. 1795, Peter Pindar (John Wolcot), Liberty's Last Squeak an assish, mulish, packhorse clan

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@misc{assish_2026,
  title = {assish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/assish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}