ass

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While nackle-ass in particular doesn’t seem to have made much of an impression beyond West Somerset, it is strikingly reminiscent of our own modern and widespread -ass constructions — big-ass, bad-ass, dumb-ass, and so on.

From Salon • May 11, 2013

See under -ism. -ass, -ace, as cuirass, cutlass, menace, pinnace.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various