assinico

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

assinico (plural assinicos or assinicoes)

(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.

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