testicle

noun
/ˈtɛstɪkəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis.

  1. borrowed from testiculus

Definitions

  1. A testis

    A testis: the male sex and endocrine gland, found in most types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.

    • In France, Mme. de Pompadour was induced by Louis XV to eat such testicles in order to break down her frigidity.
    • Despite your jogging and the hairiness of your legs, the shoe of aging is beginning to pinch. Soon you'll regret all that sun-tanning. Your face will look like a testicle.
  2. Either half of the structure that contains the testes

    Either half of the structure that contains the testes: one side of the scrotum and its contents, considered as one object (one half of the ballsack, including its ball).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at testicle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at testicle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at testicle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA