willy

See also Willy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪli

Etymology 1

From Middle English willy, willi, equivalent to will +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch willig (“obedient, hearsome”), German willig (“willing”), Swedish villig (“willing, agreeable”).

Adjective

willy (comparative willier or more willy, superlative williest or most willy)

1. Willing; favourable; ready; eagre.
2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Self-willed; willful.

Related terms

• ill-willy
• evil-willy

Etymology 2

From Middle English wilȝe, from Old English wiliġ (“willow”). More at willow.

Noun

willy (plural willies)

1. Alternative form of willow.

Etymology 3

From Middle English wilie, from Old English wiliġe, wileġe (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *weligō (“wicker basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *weliko- (“willow-tree”). More at weel, willow.

Noun

willy (plural willies)

1. (UK dialectal) A willow basket.
2. (UK dialectal) A fish basket.

Etymology 4

• Possibly a contraction of Latin membrum virile, male member (that is, the penis), a Latin term used in English in the nineteenth century; also possibly the simple use of a proper name as a pet name; compare dick, fanny and peter.

Alternative forms

• willie

Noun

willy (plural willies)

1. (hypocoristic, slang, childish) the penis.
2. (UK) a person whom the speaker dislikes.

Synonyms

• peter, wee-wee; see also Wikisaurus:penis

Translations

The penis

Finnish: pippeli (fi), kikkeli (fi) French: zizi (fr) m., quequette (fr) f. German: Pimmel (de) m., Schniedel (de) m. Italian: pisello (it) m., pisellino (it) m., pipino (it) m. Japanese: おちんちん (ja) (ochinchin) Latin: pipinna (la) f.

Portuguese: pipi (pt) m. Russian: писюн (ru) (pisjún) m., писюнчик (ru) (pisjúnčik) m. Spanish: pilila (es) f. Swedish: snopp (sv) c. Turkish: pipi (tr), çük (tr)

See also

• the willies