tarse

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑːɹs/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːɹs

Etymology 1

From Middle English tarse, tearse, terce, ters, from Old English teors (“penis”), from Proto-West Germanic *ters (“nail; penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay; split”). Related to Dutch teers, German Zers, and distantly (via Latin) to try.

Noun

tarse (plural tarses)

  1. (archaic) The penis.
    • 1673, John Wilmot, A Satire on Charles II:
      For though in her he settles well his tarse,
      Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse.
    • 2000, Perry Brass, Angel Lust: An Erotic Novel of Time Travel, page 210:
      "Yea!" Odred screamed, "Take my tarse into thy mouth, and my great balls, too. Suck on my balls, make them hot with your sweet mouth. Then suck my tarse again! Make my cock hard as that of a young ram, or a wild bull!"
    • 2007, Alan A. Gillis, Hawks and doves, page 41:
      […] my Pirate of Penzance, my lilac love lance, my ramrod, my wad, my schlong, my tube, my tonk, my Jimmy, my Johnny, my tarse, my verge, my honk, my bishop, my pawn, my rook, my king, my knight, my Gonzo, my Kermie, my Bert, my Ernie, […]
    • 2009, Lisa Hendrix, Immortal Outlaw:
      Just as I take the chance that your tarse is as crooked as your soul.” His mouth twitched in amusement. “'Tis straight and strong, as you will likely soon learn. However, you bargained only for my arm and my horse, not my tarse.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French tarse, from Latin tarsus.

Noun

tarse (plural tarses)

  1. The tarsus (seven bones in the ankle).

Etymology 3

Compare tassel, tiercel.

Noun

tarse (plural tarses)

  1. (falconry) A male falcon.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

tarse m (plural tarses)

  1. tarsus

Further reading

Latin

Noun

tarse

  1. vocative singular of tarsus

Middle English

Noun

tarse

  1. Alternative form of ters

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tarse m (definite singular tarsen, indefinite plural tarser, definite plural tarsene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tars

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tarse m (definite singular tarsen, indefinite plural tarsar, definite plural tarsane)

  1. alternative spelling of tars
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