UNASINOUS ADJ. agreeing in stupidity; displaying ignorance or foolishness by all ...1656 ETYMOLOGY from Latin ūnus (one) + asinus (ass), after unanimous FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1656 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...But I here dismiss you both together. So go your wayes (speaking to Doctor J. Wallis and Doctor S. Ward) you uncivil Ecclesiasticks, Inhumane Divines, Dedoctors of Morality, unasinous Collegues, Egregious pair of Isachar's, most wretched Vindices and Indices Academiarum; and remember Vespasians Law, &c..." From: Elements of Philosophy the First Section, Concerning Body.. to which are added Six Lessons to the Professors of Mathematicks of the Institution of Sr. Henry Savile, in the University of Oxford - Thomas Hobbes
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