Resembling or characteristic of a donkey or ass; stubborn, foolish, or behaving in a way that is considered stupid or annoying.
Compound word formed from 'ass' (the animal, from Old English 'assa') plus the suffix -like, meaning 'resembling.' Uses metaphorical comparison to the animal's proverbial stubbornness.
Animals give us tons of insults in English—we have 'pigheaded,' 'bullheaded,' 'chickenhearted,' and 'asslike'—showing how humans have always blamed animals for personality traits we dislike!
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