culot

French

noun
Definitions
  • base, bottom (of an object)
  • (metallurgy) residue, slag
  • (colloquial) cheek, nerve (effrontery)
  • architectural ornament, e.g. starting point of volutes
  • residue on a smoking pipe's bottom; its darkening by use is called culotter
  • (metonymy) the last-come person, e.g. youngest child, worst loser in a competition

Etymology

Suffix from French cul (arse, hole, ass).

Origin

French

cul

Gloss

arse, hole, ass

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