testicle
noun/ˈtɛstɪkəl/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis.
1
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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 232:
- 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.2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, page 372:
2
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).
- Synonyms
- testicles
- Derived terms
- breasticle, chesticle, chesticles, have the world by the testicles, neuticles, spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch, testiclectomy, testicled, testicleless, testicular, testiculo-, trans-testicle, untesticled
- Related terms
- test, testament, testicond, testiculate, testify, testimony, scrotum, bulla, bull, bullock
- Hypernyms
- internal genitalia