couillu
French
Etymology
From Middle French couillu, from Old French coillu, from Vulgar Latin *cōleūtus. Compare Spanish cojudo. By surface analysis, couille + -u.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.jy/
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Adjective
couillu (feminine couillue, masculine plural couillus, feminine plural couillues)
- (vulgar) having testicles
- (by extension, vulgar) ballsy; brave; courageous
- Synonym: (slang) burné
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French coillu.
Adjective
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.
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Descendants
- French: couillu
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (coillu)