Inherited fromMiddle Frenchcouillu, fromOld Frenchcoillu, fromVulgar Latin*cōleūtus. CompareSpanishcojudo. Bysurface analysis,couille +‎-u.

• IPA^(key): /ku.jy/

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couillu (femininecouillue,masculine pluralcouillus,feminine pluralcouillues)

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

   Synonym:(slang)burné

FromOld Frenchcoillu.

couilluneeds inflection

1. havingtesticles,uncastrated
2. (figurative)ballsy,brave
   • 1552,François Rabelais, “Prologue”, inLe Quarte Livre:

     Tous deux me semblent autrement bons compaignons et biencouilluz.

     They both otherwise seem good companions and veryballsy to me.

• French:couillu

• Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIX^e auXV^e siècle (1881) (coillu)

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