donkey

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  1. noun The domesticated ass (Equus asinus).
  2. noun Slang An obstinate person.
  3. noun Slang A stupid person.

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  1. Perhaps from the name Duncan or of imitative origin.

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  1. First recorded about the middle of the 18th century, also written donky, donkie; of dial. origin, formed with double diminutive -k-ey, Scots spelled -k-ie (usually with diminutive -i-, -ie, -y, preceding, as in Banffshire horsikie, a little horse, beastikie, a little beast), from dun, a familiar name for a horse, and presumably of an ass, with reference to its color, from dun, a.: see dun. Cf. dunnock, a hedge-sparrow, similarly formed, from dun + -ock.
 

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/ˈdəŋki/
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