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donkey
English
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Originally a slang term from the late eighteenth century. Perhaps from Middle English *donekie (“a miniature dun horse”), a double diminutive of Middle English don, dun, dunne (a name for a dun horse), equivalent to modern English dun (“brownish grey colour”) + -ock (diminutive suffix) + -ie (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle English donning (“a dun horse”), English dunnock.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??ki/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d??ki/, /?d??ki/; (rare and nonstandard) /?d??ki/
- Rhymes: -??ki
- Hyphenation: don?key
Noun
donkey (plural donkeys)
- A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
- A stubborn person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stubborn person
- A fool.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
- (nautical) A small auxiliary engine.
- Synonym: donkey engine
- (naval slang, dated) A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
- (poker slang) A bad poker player.
Hyponyms
- jack
- jackass
- jenny
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Afrikaans: donkie
- ? Northern Sotho: tonki
- ? Tok Pisin: donki
Translations
See also
- ass
- mule
- hinny
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “donkey”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- “donkey” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
References
- (box or chest): 1930, Naval Review (London) (volume 18, page 592)
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zeedonk
English
Alternative forms
- zedonk
Etymology
Blend of zebra +? donkey
Noun
zeedonk (plural zeedonks)
- A cross between a zebra and a donkey.
- 1997, Thomas Fensch, Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss [1]
- One might have imagined that it could only have been Dr. Seuss who had thought up and named the zedonk—the animal produced when a male zebra mates with a female donkey!
- 2003, Colin Bell, GCSE Applied Science Student Book [2]
- Suggest which animals are the parents of the cross breeds, zedonk and tiglion.
- 2004, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims [3]
- I could have told him about zedonks and zebrasses; donkey cures for whooping cough and gout, how an onager is a wild ass from Central Asia; that the Australian kookaburra is nicknamed “the laughing donkey”; [...]
- 1997, Thomas Fensch, Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss [1]
Synonyms
- zebrass
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