arsey
/ˈɑː(ɹ)si/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "First few months in, I was arsey as hell. Thought they were a right bunch of wankers."
- ""Oh, we had that singer in the other day and they were really arsey with us, and we only kept them waiting half an hour' - and I go, 'Hang on a minute, that's a long time and they've probably been doing lots of work that day and I think that it's actually justified for them to get annoyed.'""
- "Work experience as an arsey teenager is pretty straightforward: disappear into the storeroom, smoke a few cigarettes, text your mates and watch the minute hand tick slowly by. If there's nowhere suitable to hide, all you need is a vacant computer and you can chat to your skiving associate in the building next door."
- "Maybe Hanna Frost, for all of her arsey mannerisms, really did know what she was doing."
Etymology
Etymology tree English arse Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English arsey From arse + -y.
Usage
- British usage
- Slang
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
arsey-versy