different between asinine vs outre

English

Etymology

From Latin asin?nus (“of a donkey or ass”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?æs.?.na?n/, /?æs.?.na?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

asinine (comparative more asinine, superlative most asinine)

1. Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality

   Synonyms: foolish, obstinate

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys
   • 1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha (page 84)

     Don Quixote had put himself but a little way ayont the village of Don Diego, when he encountered two apparent priests, or students, and two husbandmen, who came mounted on four asinine beasts.

   Synonym: donkeyish

Synonyms

• asinary (obsolete)
• assy (informal)

Derived terms

Related terms

• asinicide

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.zi.nin/
• Homophone: asinines

Adjective

asinine

1. feminine singular of asinin

Italian

Adjective

asinine

1. feminine plural of asinino

Anagrams

• insanie

Latin

Adjective

asin?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of asin?nus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u??t?e?/

Adjective

outre

1. Alternative spelling of outré

Anagrams

• Toure, outer, rouet, route, utero-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ut?/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin uter, utris.

Noun

outre f (plural outres)

1. goatskin, wine skin, water skin

Etymology 2

From Old French oltre, inherited from Latin ultra. Doublet of ultra-.

Preposition

outre

1. as well as, besides, on top of

Derived terms

• en outre
• outrecuider
  • outrecuidance
• outre-mer
• outre mesure
• outre-Meuse
• outre que
• outrer
  • outrage
• passer outre

Anagrams

• route, routé, troue, troué

Further reading

• “outre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).