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Examples of easel in a Sentence
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Word History
borrowed from Dutch ezel, literally, "donkey," going back to Middle Dutch esel, going back to Germanic *asil- (whence Old Saxon & Old High German esil "donkey," Old English esol, eosol, Gothic asilus), altered from Latin asinus — more at ass entry 1
1596, in the meaning defined above
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“Easel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/easel. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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easel
nounfrom Dutch ezel "a frame to hold an artist's canvas," literally, "donkey"
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