Definitions
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Yet I did not see a single case of true lepra Arabum, or its modifications, the huge Barbadoes leg (elephantiasis), and the sarcoma scrotale and sarcocele of Zanzibar and East Africa.”
“Larrey speaks of a sarcocele in the coverings of the testicle which weighed 100 pounds.”
“The complaint was a sarcocele, which Johnson bore with uncommon firmness, and was not at all frightened while he looked forward to amputation.”
“A varicose state of the veins of the scrotum or spermatic cord (when large), sarcocele, hydroccle, hemorrhoids, fistulas.”
“To this was added, a sarcocele, which, as it threatened to render excision necessary, caused him more uneasiness, though he looked forward to the operation with sufficient courage; but the complaint subsided of itself.”
“(elephantiasis), and the sarcoma scrotale and sarcocele of”
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
“13.110 Larrey speaks of a sarcocele in the coverings of the testicle which weighed 100 pounds.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sarcocele’.
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meaty
sarcasm, carnal, flesh, fleshly, interlard, offal, sarcoma, meatspace, carnivorous syndrome, protocarnivorous, paracarnivorous, subcarnivorous and 32 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3248 more...
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bilby "Meanwhile Dominic Strauss Kahn's notorious problem was that he was a complete dick, which he bore with uncommon firmness..."
Can we look forward to amputation? Sep 16, 2011
sionnach I think the current President of the Republic here in France might lay claim to the title of sarcocelebrity as well. Just sayin' Sep 16, 2011
yarb I don't see what the Little Prince has to do with Johnson's ballsack. Sep 16, 2011
hernesheir Samuel Johnson: lexicographer, and now, the world's first sarcocelebrity. Sep 16, 2011
sionnach I don't know which is more impressive -- the fact that yarb takes enough care to get that ç right in "Provençal", or ruzuzu's casual introduction of petitio principii into the discussion... Sep 16, 2011
yarb This is worse than it sounds. I would have thought a sarcocele to be some quaint Provençal country dance. Sep 16, 2011
ruzuzu Which then raises this question: How much do singing Barbadoans know about the fallacy called petitio principii? Sep 16, 2011
sionnach It all begs the question "Why should elephantiasis be referred to as Barbadoes leg"?
singed,
A concerned Barbadoan. Sep 16, 2011
bilby please
refrain
from
excrescing
your
testicles
fleshily Sep 16, 2011
hernesheir I read The Compleat Angler when in school, and haven't picked it up since. Johnson's definition is TMI about himself, no? Sep 16, 2011
ruzuzu By the way, here's Johnson's definition: "A fleshy excrescence of the testicles, which sometimes grow so large as to stretch the scrotum much beyond its natural size." Sep 16, 2011
ruzuzu Thanks, hh. I happened across it because I was looking up Johnson's definition of salmon. (It has a great citation from The Compleat Angler--have you ever read it?) Sep 1, 2011
hernesheir 'Zuzu! Connecting Johnson's definition of sarcocele and Boswell's writing about Johnson and his sarcocele is an awe-inspiring piece of sleuthing and dot connecting. Thanks! Sep 1, 2011
ruzuzu Oh, man. I was just reading Samuel Johnson's definition for this "fleshy excrescence" in A Dictionary of the English Language when I thought I'd come over here and see if the Century Dictionary had anything exciting to say about it.
Then I saw this in the examples: “The complaint was a sarcocele, which Johnson bore with uncommon firmness, and was not at all frightened while he looked forward to amputation.” --Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood Sep 1, 2011