Question 1 · Quick check
asshole
CEFRC1
/æshoʊl/
noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A very unpleasant or selfish person; an offensive informal word.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, immoral, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, or rude person.
Examples
Holy crap, who's the asshole who dares call me in the middle of the night?!
With all due respect, Mr. President, you are an asshole!
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAnything (especially a place) that is unpleasant or undesirable.
The anus.
A receptacle under a fire grate for collecting ashes; an ash-hole.
More examples
In contextMy former landlord was a world-class asshole. Fortunately my current landlord is an actual human being.
That homemade hot sauce of yours got me twice, both coming and going. My asshole is still sore.
Welcome to the Northeast, the asshole of America.
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Origin
noun
Variant of earlier arsehole, from Middle English arshole, arcehoole, equivalent to ass + hole. Cognate with Norwegian rasshøl (“asshole”), Swedish arsle (“asshole”). Compare also German Arschloch (“asshole”). Attested from the 1370s, replacing earlier Old English earsþyrel (“anus”, literally “ass hole”). First recorded in Middle English, as ers hole (Glouc. Cath. Manuscript 19. No. I., dated 1379, cited after OED), ars-hole (Bodleian Ashmole MS. 1396, dated ca. 1400, ed. Robert Von Fleischhacker as Lanfrank's "Science of Cirurgie", EETS 102, 1894, cited after OED.) Slang figurative usage dates to the 20th century; it was used of an uninviting place (compare shithole) in the 1920s, and then...