different between immature vs asinine

English

Etymology

From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unr?pe (“unripe, immature”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??tj??(?)/, /?m??t???(?)/, /?m??t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

immature (comparative more immature, superlative most immature)

1. (now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death). [from 16th c.]
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 481:

     And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […] .

2. Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]
3. Childish in behavior; juvenile. [from 20th c.]
   • Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.

Synonyms

• (childish in behavior): infantile, milky; see also Thesaurus:childish

Translations

Noun

immature (plural immatures)

1. An immature member of a species.

Related terms

• mature
• immaturity

French

Adjective

immature (plural immatures)

1. immature, unripe

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

immature

1. inflection of immatur:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

immature

1. feminine plural of immaturo

Anagrams

• ammutire

Latin

Adjective

imm?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of imm?t?rus

References

• immature in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• immature in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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