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cul•lion
(kul′yən),USA pronunciation n. [Archaic.]
- a base or vile fellow.
- Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, accusative of *cōleō, for Latin cōleī (plural) testicles, scrotum
- Anglo-French, Middle French coillon worthless fellow, literally, testicle
- Middle English culyon, coil(i)on 1350–1400
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