arseling

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”). Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings. By surface analysis, arse +‎ -ling. ==== Alternative forms ==== arselings, arselong ==== Adverb ==== arseling (not comparable) (UK dialectal, especially Scotland and East Anglia) Backwards. ===== See also ===== arseways ==== 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. === Etymology 2 === From arse +‎ -ling. ==== Alternative forms ==== assling (US) ==== Noun ==== arseling (plural arselings) (UK, rare, derogatory, slang) A petty and obnoxious person. === Anagrams === aligners, salering, lasering, seringal, engrails, resignal, sanglier, slangier, signaler, Salinger, inlarges, nargiles, realigns, seal ring