anserine

Meanings

Adjective

Silly, foolish, stupid.
Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike.

Noun

A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle.

Origin

From Latin anserīnus, from anser.
From Latin anser ("goose") -ine, after German Anserin.

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