gullion

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

gullion (plural gullions)

  1. (obsolete) A worthless wretch

Derived terms

Scots

Etymology 1

From Irish góilín (“a creek, gully”).[1]

Noun

gullion (plural gullions)

  1. quagmire, swamp, cesspool

Etymology 2

Variant of cullion, from Old French coyon (“scoundrel”)[2] or couille (“scrotum; testicle”).[3]

Noun

gullion (plural gullions)

  1. a gullion, a wretch, a worthless person

References

  1. ^ “gullion, n.1” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
  2. ^ “cullion, cullyeon, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
  3. ^ “cull, n.2” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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