English Explanatory Dictionary

arselong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Backwards; on one's arse.

Word forms

arselong arseling arselings

Etymology

Alteration (after headlong) of arseling, from Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”), equivalent to arse + -ling. Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings.

Antonyms

headlong
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