willy
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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- Rhymes: -ɪli
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English willy, willi, equivalent to will + -y. Cognate with Dutch willig (“obedient, hearsome”), German willig (“willing”), Swedish villig (“willing, agreeable”).
Adjective [edit]
willy (comparative willier or more willy, superlative williest or most willy)
- Willing; favourable; ready; eagre.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) Self-willed; willful.
Related terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English wilȝe, from Old English wiliġ (“willow”). More at willow.
Noun [edit]
willy (plural willies)
- Alternative form of willow.
Etymology 3 [edit]
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 [edit]
willy (plural willies)
Etymology 4 [edit]
- 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 [edit]
Noun [edit]
willy (plural willies)
- (hypocoristic, slang, childish) the penis.
- (UK) a person whom the speaker dislikes.
Synonyms [edit]
- peter, wee-wee; see also Wikisaurus:penis
Translations [edit]
The penis
See also [edit]
- the willies
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