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tarse.

The penis.

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Meaning & usage

noun/tɑːɹs/
  1. The penis.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From 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/tɑːɹs/
  1. The tarsus (seven bones in the ankle).

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French tarse, from Latin tarsus.

noun/tɑːɹs/
  1. A male falcon.

Where this word comes from

Compare tassel, tiercel.

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