• Willy

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɪli

    Origin 1

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

    Full definition of willy

    Adjective

    willy

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

    Related terms

    Origin 2

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

    Noun

    willy

    (plural willies)
    1. Alternative form of willow

    Origin 3

    From Middle English wilie, from Old English wiliġe, wileġe ("basket"), from Proto-Germanic *wiligō ("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.

    Origin 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

    Noun

    willy

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

    Synonyms

    note: * peter, wee-wee; see also
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