Obs. or dial. Also 7 asinico. [a. Sp. asnico, dim. of asno ass.]
1. A little ass.
1634. T. Herbert, Trav., 127 (T.). We jogged leisurely on upon our mules and asinegoes.
1685. R. Burton, Eng. Empire in Amer., xxii. (1730), 207. Their Horses, Cows, Hoggs, and Asinego’s that they brought from Spain.
2. A ‘donkey,’ fool, dolt.
1606. Shaks., Tr. & Cr., II. i. 49. An Asinico may tutor thee; Thou scuruy valiant Asse.
1714. Milbourne, Traitor’s Rew., Pref. These asinegoes are like those miserable comforters Job’s friends.
[1880. in West Cornw. Gloss.]
