subs. (old).—1.  ‘A little ass’; hence (2) a fool, DONKEY (q.v.), DUFFER (q.v.).

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  1606.  SHAKESPEARE, Troilus and Cressida, ii. 1. 49. Thou hast no more brains than I have in my elbows; an ASSINEGO may tutor thee.

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  1616.  BEAUMONT and FLETCHER, The Scornful Lady, ii. 1. All this would be forsworn, and I again an ASINEGO, as your sister left me.

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  1635.  JONSON, An Expostulation with Inigo Jones, 19. Or are you so ambitious ’bove your peers, You’d be an ASS-INIGO by your ears.

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  1714.  MILBOURNE, The Traitor’s Reward, Pref. These ASINEGOES are like those miserable comforters Job’s friends.

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