tarse
See also: Tarse
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /tɑːɹs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹs
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English tarse, tearse, terce, ters, from Old English teors (“penis”), from Proto-West Germanic *ters (“nail; penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay; split”). Related to Dutch teers, German Zers, and distantly (via Latin) to try.
Noun
edittarse (plural tarses)
- (archaic) The penis.
- 1673, John Wilmot, A Satire on Charles II:
- For though in her he settles well his tarse,
Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse.
- 2000, Perry Brass, Angel Lust: An Erotic Novel of Time Travel, page 210:
- "Yea!" Odred screamed, "Take my tarse into thy mouth, and my great balls, too. Suck on my balls, make them hot with your sweet mouth. Then suck my tarse again! Make my cock hard as that of a young ram, or a wild bull!"
- 2007, Alan A. Gillis, Hawks and doves, page 41:
- […] my Pirate of Penzance, my lilac love lance, my ramrod, my wad, my schlong, my tube, my tonk, my Jimmy, my Johnny, my tarse, my verge, my honk, my bishop, my pawn, my rook, my king, my knight, my Gonzo, my Kermie, my Bert, my Ernie, […]
- 2009, Lisa Hendrix, Immortal Outlaw:
- Just as I take the chance that your tarse is as crooked as your soul.” His mouth twitched in amusement. “'Tis straight and strong, as you will likely soon learn. However, you bargained only for my arm and my horse, not my tarse.
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from French tarse, from Latin tarsus.
Noun
edittarse (plural tarses)
- The tarsus (seven bones in the ankle).
Etymology 3
editNoun
edittarse (plural tarses)
Anagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
edittarse m (plural tarses)
Further reading
edit- “tarse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editNoun
edittarse
Middle English
editNoun
edittarse
- Alternative form of ters
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
edittarse m (definite singular tarsen, indefinite plural tarser, definite plural tarsene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tars
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
edittarse m (definite singular tarsen, indefinite plural tarsar, definite plural tarsane)
- alternative spelling of tars
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