arseling

English

Alternative forms

• arselings, arselong

Etymology

From Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”), equivalent to arse +‎ -ling. Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings.

Adverb

arseling (not comparable)

1. (UK dialectal, especially Scotland, East Anglia) Backwards.

References

• Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “ARSELING”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• aligners, salering, lasering, seringal, engrails, resignal, sanglier, slangier, signaler, Salinger, inlarges, nargiles, realigns, seal ring