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English
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)
- (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 P Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
Anagrams
- aligners, salering, lasering, seringal, engrails, resignal, sanglier, slangier, signaler, Salinger, inlarges, nargiles, realigns, seal ring