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cul⋅lion

  [kuhl-yuhn]
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–noun Archaic.
a base or vile fellow.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME culyon, coil(i)on < AF, MF coillon worthless fellow, lit., testicle < VL *cōleōnem, acc. of *cōleō, for L cōleī (pl.) testicles, scrotum
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cul·lion   (kŭl'yən)   
n.   Archaic
A contemptible fellow; a rascal.

[Middle English coilon, testicle, from Old French coillon, from Latin culleus, bag.]
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