a. [f. L. anser + -OUS; there was no L. anserōsus; cf. piscōsus, silvōsus, etc.] Gooselike, stupid, silly; = ANSERINE 2.
1826. Syd. Smith, Wks., 1859, II. 98/2. Can any be so anserous as to suppose, [etc.]? Ibid. (1842), Lett., in Lady Holland, Mem. (1855), II. 462. He is anserous and asinine.
1879. Truth, No. 125. 642/2. If people are sufficiently anserous to rely on the babble [etc.].
