couillu
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French couillu, from Old French coillu, from Vulgar Latin *cōleūtus. Compare Spanish cojudo. By surface analysis, couille + -u.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
couillu (feminine couillue, masculine plural couillus, feminine plural couillues)
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French coillu.
Adjective edit
couillu needs inflection
- having testicles, uncastrated
- (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 edit
- French: couillu
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (coillu)