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語源

Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis.

発音

• enPR: tĕsʹtĭ-kəl, IPA: /ˈtɛstɪkəl/

名詞

testicle (plural testicles)

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.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 232:

     In France, Mme. de Pompadour was induced by Louis XV to eat such testicles in order to break down her frigidity.

   • 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, page 372:

     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. (more commonly) 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).

同意語

• See Thesaurus:testicles

上位語

• internal genitalia

派生語

関連する語

参考

• scrotum
• bulla
• bull
• bullock

アナグラム

• telestic