Meanings
comparative more cullionly · superlative most cullionly
- obsoletemean, worthless, vulgar or otherwise inferior.
Ile make a sop oth' Moonshine of you, you whoreson, Culyenly barbermonger, draw
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 292, column 1Synonyms: good-for-nothing, poor man's, valueless, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemean, worthless, vulgar or otherwise inferior.
Origin
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cullionly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cullionly
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