donkey
Significado (inglés)
- A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
- A stubborn person.
- A fool.
- A small auxiliary engine.
- (slang) A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
- (slang) A bad poker player.
- British sea term for a sailor's storage chest.
Sinónimos
domestic ass
African wild ass
Equus asinus
mutton-head
big cock
Neddy
male ass
female ass
feral ass
wild desert donkey
humongous dick
big dick
Frecuencia
Guionizado como
don‧key
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈdɒŋki/
Etimoloxía (inglés)
The origin is uncertain. Originally a slang term from the late eighteenth century. Perhaps from Middle English *donekie (“a miniature dun horse”), a double diminutive of Middle English don, dun, dunne (a name for a dun horse), equivalent to modern English dun (“brownish grey colour”) + -ock (diminutive suffix) + -ie (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle English donning (“a dun horse”), English dunnock. Became more common than the original term ass due to the latter's homophony and partial merger with arse (compare similar development between coney and rabbit).
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