cullionly

English

Etymology

From cullion +‎ -ly.

Adjective

cullionly (comparative more cullionly, superlative most cullionly)

1. (obsolete) mean, worthless, vulgar or otherwise inferior.
   • 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 1:

     Ile make a sop oth' Moonshine of you, you whoreson, Culyenly barbermonger, draw

References

• “cullionly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.