couillu
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French couillu, from Old French coillu, from Vulgar Latin *cōleūtus. Compare Spanish cojudo. By surface analysis, couille + -u.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
couillu (feminine couillue, masculine plural couillus, feminine plural couillues)
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French coillu.
Adjective[edit]
couillu needs inflection
- having testicles, uncastrated
- (figurative) ballsy, brave
- 1552, François Rabelais, “Prologue”, in Le Quarte Livre:
- Tous deux me semblent autrement bons compaignons et bien couilluz.
- They both otherwise seem good companions and very ballsy to me.
Descendants[edit]
- French: couillu
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (coillu)
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