assling en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From assle + -ing.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The act of loafing around; hesitation
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From assle + -ing.
From assle + -ing.
From ass + -ling.
[…] only sometimes at night she murmured or cried out in strange syllables Stag took to be her native tongue: but not often, not for long), the ass-man and the laden onagers — big, healthy, sandy or reddish-colored beasts: different from the stunty gray asslings of the Northern Capes — and rested at the corner.2012, Avram Davidson, The Island Under the Earth:
“These are entitled asslings, you realize? They found out they could get cash if they turned rogues over to the big pharma companies. […]”2016, Z.A. Maxfield, Deep Deliverance:
Already had Lecouturier, commonly called, from his Latin name, Sutor, taken the lead by launching against Erasmus, from his solitary chartreux cell, a publication replete with violence, in which he called his opponents theologasters, and asslings, imputing to them scandals, heresies, and blasphemies.1843, Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné, Jacob Jan Le Roy, History of the Reformation in the sixteenth century:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| asslings | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| arseling | UK, alternative | lexicographic |