cullion
[ kuhl-yuhn ]
nounArchaic.
a base or vile fellow.
Origin of cullion
11350–1400; Middle English culyon, coil(i)on<Anglo-French, Middle French coillon worthless fellow, literally, testicle <Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, accusative of *cōleō, for Latin cōleī (plural) testicles, scrotum
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