arsehood

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noun

The state or quality of being an arse.

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Meanings

nounarsehood (uncountable)

alternative asshood

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKuncountableThe state or quality of being an arse.

    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
    2 more examples

    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

    No need to explain, old chap; the reason is readily apparent. You do it because you are an arse. It seems that your arsehood is widely recognised.

    2003 December 9, Adam Kennedy, “Rotting flesh”, in alt.politics.british (Usenet), retrieved 12 Jun 2022

Origin

From arse + -hood.

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APA

arsehood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsehood

MLA

“arsehood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsehood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arsehood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsehood.

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