ASS

n. & v. --n. 1 a either of two kinds of four-legged long-eared mammal of the horse genus Equus, E. africanus of Africa and E. hemionus of Asia. b (in general use) a donkey. 2 a stupid person. --v.intr. sl. (foll. by about, around) act the fool. øasses' bridge = PONS ASINORUM. make an ass of make (a person) look absurd or foolish. [OE assa thr. OCelt. f. L asinus]