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coon•ass
(ko̅o̅n′as′),USA pronunciation n. [Vulgar, Disparaging, and Offensive.]
- Dialect Terms, Slang Terms(chiefly in Louisiana and Southeast Texas) a Cajun.
- Latin cunnus) + -asse pejorative noun, nominal suffix
- probably alteration, by folk etymology, etymological, of Louisiana French, French conasse a contemptuous term for a woman, literally, vulva, equivalent. to con vulva (
1960–65