couillu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French couillu, from Old French coillu, from Vulgar Latin *cōleūtus. Compare Spanish cojudo. By surface analysis, couille +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.jy/

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Adjective

couillu (feminine couillue, masculine plural couillus, feminine plural couillues)

1. (vulgar) having testicles
2. (by extension, vulgar) ballsy; brave; courageous

   Synonym: (slang) burné

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French coillu.

Adjective

couillu needs inflection

1. having testicles, uncastrated
2. (figurative) ballsy, brave
   • 1552, François Rabelais, “Prologue”, in Le Quarte Livre:

     Tous deux me semblent autrement bons compaignons et bien couilluz.

     They both otherwise seem good companions and very ballsy to me.

Descendants

• French: couillu

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (coillu)