silly ass

silly ass
n.
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  • silly —    In modern use ‘silly’ normally means foolish, lacking in common sense. In earlier times it meant deserving of pity, or defenceless. Shakespeare’s reference to silly women in Two Gentlemen of Verona is to be interpreted in the latter sense.… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

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  • silly — Synonyms and related words: Pickwickian, absurd, airy, apish, asinine, balmy, batty, bedazzled, befooled, beguiled, benumbed, besotted, blockhead, bonehead, booby, brainless, buffoonish, catchpenny, childish, clod, clot, cockeyed, crazy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • silly — [sil′ē] adj. sillier, silliest [ME seli, sili (with shortened vowel), good, blessed, innocent < OE sælig, happy, prosperous, blessed (akin to Ger selig, blessed) < sæl, happiness < IE base * sel , favorable, in good spirits (> Gr… …   English World dictionary

  • ass — ass1 [as] n. [ME asse < OE assa, assen: prob. < OIr assan or Welsh asyn, both < L asinus] 1. any of a number of horselike perissodactylous mammals (family Equidae) having long ears and a short mane, esp. the common wild ass (Equus… …   English World dictionary

  • ass — [[t]æ̱s[/t]] asses 1) N COUNT An ass is an animal which is related to a horse but which is smaller and has long ears. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as an ass, you think that they are silly or do silly things. [INFORMAL] He was… …   English dictionary

  • silly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. witless, foolish, stupid, childish; fatuous, inane; senseless, absurd, ridiculous; stunned. See absurdity, credulity, folly. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. senseless, ridiculous, nonsensical, foolish,… …   English dictionary for students

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  • kiss-ass — 1. n. someone who is servile and obsequious. (Rude and derogatory.) □ I’m fed up with that kiss ass! D Don’t be such a sniveling kiss ass! 2. mod. servile and obsequious. (Usually objectionable.) □ He can be so kiss ass. It makes me sick. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • make an ass of yourself — make an ass of (yourself) to behave in a silly way. Simon drank too much and made a complete ass of himself at the party …   New idioms dictionary

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