assinico

English

Alternative forms

• assinego
• asinego

Etymology

From Spanish asnico, diminutive of asno, from Latin asinus, cognate with English ass (donkey).

Noun

assinico (plural assinicos or assinicoes)

1. (obsolete) A stupid fellow, an ass.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida:

     Thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows; an assinico may tutor thee.

References

• asinego in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• “asinego”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.