cullion
Plural: cullions
Noun
- An archaic term for a base or contemptible fellow.
- Synonym of testicle.
- Synonym of asshole or bollocks, a mean, vile, or otherwise contemptible person.
Examples
- He called himself a CULLION after missing an obvious bingo on the Words With Friends board.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English coilon, borrowed from Old French coillon (“testicle, vile fellow, coward, dupe”), from Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, from Latin cōleus (“sack, scrotum”). Doublet of culeus and cojones.
Synonyms
asshole or bollocks, testicle
Scrabble Score: 9
cullion: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcullion: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cullion: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
cullion: valid Words With Friends Word