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arsehood

arsehood noun: the state or quality of being an arse.

Noun

arsehood (uncountable)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) The state or quality of being an arse.
    • Thanksgiving week in the US, and list traffic slows to a dribble, but the range of topics is impressive: acrophobia, palsy, Feleki's instrument, business cards, Chomsky's politics, homonymity, the 1942 Cocoanut Grove disaster, the language of arsehood.1992 November 30, BGRI...@ukcc.uky.edu, “Words-L Weekly Digest”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet), retrieved 12 Jun 2022
    • I think I shall just have to reisng myself to arsehood.2003 May 29, Lodestone, “[I] Pronounceable Passwords”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet), retrieved 12 Jun 2022

Forms of arsehood

alternative formasshood

Origin of arsehood

From arse + -hood.

Questions about arsehood

What does arsehood mean?
Arsehood means the state or quality of being an arse.
What part of speech is arsehood?
Arsehood is a noun.

Words near arsehood in the dictionary

  1. arseholed
  2. arseholedom
  3. arseholery
  4. arseholes
  5. arseholic
  6. arsehood
  7. arseless
  8. arselick
  9. arselicked
  10. arselicker
  11. arselickers

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