tarse
See also: Tarse
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑːɹs/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹs
Etymology 1
From Middle English tarse, tearse, terce, ters, from Old English teors (“penis”), from Proto-Germanic *tersaz (“projection; nail; limb; member; penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *deres- (“rough; to fray”), from *der- (“to flay; split”).
Noun
tarse (plural tarses)
- (archaic) The penis.
- 1673, John Wilmot, A Satire on Charles II:
- For though in her he settles well his tarse,
Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse.
- For though in her he settles well his tarse,
- 2000, Perry Brass, Angel Lust: An Erotic Novel of Time Travel (page 210)
- "Yea!" Odred screamed, "Take my tarse into thy mouth, and my great balls, too. Suck on my balls, make them hot with your sweet mouth. Then suck my tarse again! Make my cock hard as that of a young ram, or a wild bull!"
- 2007, Alan A. Gillis, Hawks and doves (page 41)
- […] my Pirate of Penzance, my lilac love lance, my ramrod, my wad, my schlong, my tube, my tonk, my Jimmy, my Johnny, my tarse, my verge, my honk, my bishop, my pawn, my rook, my king, my knight, my Gonzo, my Kermie, my Bert, my Ernie, […]
- 2009, Lisa Hendrix, Immortal Outlaw:
- Just as I take the chance that your tarse is as crooked as your soul.” His mouth twitched in amusement. “'Tis straight and strong, as you will likely soon learn. However, you bargained only for my arm and my horse, not my tarse.
- 1673, John Wilmot, A Satire on Charles II:
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French tarse, from Latin tarsus.
Noun
tarse (plural tarses)
- The tarsus (seven bones in the ankle).
Etymology 3
Compare tassel, tiercel.
Noun
tarse (plural tarses)
- (falconry) A male falcon.
Anagrams
- 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, Satre, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arets, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stare, stear, tares, taser, tears, teras
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
tarse m (plural tarses)
- tarsus
Further reading
- “tarse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
tarse
- vocative singular of tarsus
Middle English
Noun
tarse
- Alternative form of ters
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
tarse m (definite singular tarsen, indefinite plural tarser, definite plural tarsene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tars
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
tarse m (definite singular tarsen, indefinite plural tarsar, definite plural tarsane)
- alternative spelling of tars