cullion

[ kuhl-yuhn ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a base or vile fellow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cullion¹

1350–1400; Middle English culyon, coil ( i ) on < Anglo-French, Middle French coillon worthless fellow, literally, testicle < Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, accusative of *cōleō, for Latin cōleī (plural) testicles, scrotum

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