cullion
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- noun A contemptible fellow; a rascal.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A testicle.
- noun A round or bulbous root; an orchis; specifically, in plural form (cullions), the standerwort, Orchis mascula.
- noun A mean wretch; a low or despicable fellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun
Testicle . - noun A vile person.
Examples
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Countess Isabelle of Croye, and a better husband to her than Campobasso, who is a base Italian cullion! —
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[2346] Their wives and loveliest daughters constuprated by every base cullion, as Sejanus 'daughter was by the hangman in public, before their fathers and husbands' faces.
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Stupid cullion — how dare you aspire to know the Beaconfolk?
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“The house of Ravenswood was ance a gude and an honourable house in this land,” said an old man; “but it’s lost its credit this day, and the Master has shown himself no better than a greedy cullion.”
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The old man clutched the young painter's arm and said, "Do you see nothing? clodpatel Huguenot! varlet! cullion!
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Master has shown himself no better than a greedy cullion. "
Note
[OF. couillon, coillon, F. coÔøΩon, a vile fellow, coward, dupe, from OF. couillon, coillon, testicle, fr. il the scrotum, fr. L. coleus a leather bag, the scrotum.]
