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piccadilly

UK/pɪkəˈdɪli/

piccadilly noun: piccadill.

Noun

piccadilly (plural piccadillies)

  1. (obsolete) piccadill

Proper noun capitalized: Piccadilly

Piccadilly

  1. Piccadilly, a street running from Hyde Park Corner to Piccadilly Circus.
    • The Inn that I speak of is about the Middle of Piccadilly upon the left hand.1695, “The Tryals of Robert Charnock, Edward King, and Thomas Keyes, at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily”, in A Compleat Collection of State-Tryals, and Proceedings Upon Impeachments for High...
    • Though the Philistines may jostle, you will rank as an apostle in the high aesthetic band -
      If you walk down Piccadilly with a poppy or a lily in your mediaeval hand.1881, W. S. Gilbert, Patience, act 1
  2. The surrounding area.
    • Valentine Dawes, a Quaker, living in Aier-street in the Piccadilly, being for many years troubled with the Falling-Sickness, was perfectly cured; and thereupon presently became a Roman Catholick.1663 August 1, "A. S." (probably Sir Kenelm Digby), chapter V, in Miracles Not Ceas'd, London, sourced from British Library, via Google Books, page 22
  3. Manchester Piccadilly station, the main railway station in Manchester.
  4. The Piccadilly Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
    • Why Piccadilly? The Piccadilly Line was originally the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) which was shortened to Piccadilly in practice. Running under the main road between Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly made sense and was also the most well-known location in...2024 March 6, Stefanie Foster, “The changing face of the Piccadilly...”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 52
  5. A suburb of Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4598).
  6. A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England, named after Piccadilly in London (OS grid ref SP2298).
  7. A hamlet in Beechingstoke parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0959).
  8. A small town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
  9. A suburb of Kalgoorlie, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.
  10. A community in Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.
  11. A community in Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

piccadilly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

piccadilly in Hindi

पिककैडिली, पिकैडिली, पिकाडिली

piccadilly in Tamil

பிக்காடில்லி, பிக்காடிலி, பிகாடில்லி

piccadilly in Marathi

पिकाडिली, पिकॅडिली, पिक्कॅडिली

piccadilly in Urdu

پیکاڈیلی, پککیڈلی, پیکاڈلی
More languagesFewer languages
piccadilly in Bengali
পিকাডিলি, পিকক্যাডিলি, পিক্যাডিলি
piccadilly in Telugu
పిక్కడిల్లీ, పిక్కాడిల్లీ, పిక్కాడిల్లి
piccadilly in Malayalam
പിക്കഡില്ലി, പിക്കാഡില്ലി, പിക്കാടില്ലി
piccadilly in Kannada
ಪಿಕಾಡಿಲ್ಲಿ
piccadilly in Punjabi
ਪਿਕਕੈਡਲੀ, ਪਿਕਕੈਡਿਲੀ, ਪਿਕਕੈਡੀਲੀ
piccadilly in Gujarati
પિકાડિલી, પિકકેડિલી, પિકેડિલી
piccadilly in Odia
ପିକାଡିଲି
piccadilly in Nepali
पिकाडिली, पिक्काडिली, पिक्कडिली

Forms of piccadilly

pluralpiccadillies

Origin of piccadilly

From Pickadilly Hall, a house belonging to a tailor, Robert Baker, who specialized in a type of lace collar called a piccadill, possibly from conjectured Spanish *picadillo, from picado (“punctured, pierced”); compare 17th century Spanish picadura (“a similar lace collar”). Piccadilly attested as the London street name from 1695^(see quote); previously the main portion of the street (west of Sackville Street) was called Portugal Street (1692), after Catherine of Braganza. Piccadilly attested of the location from 1663^(see quote), Peccadillo a.1641, Pecadilly Hall a.1640ⁱᵇⁱᵈ, Pickadilly Hall 1623. All other uses appear to be derived from the London location or street name.

Words formed from piccadilly

Phrases with piccadilly

Questions about piccadilly

What does piccadilly mean?
Piccadilly means piccadill.
What is piccadilly in Hindi?
Piccadilly in Hindi is पिककैडिली, पिकैडिली, पिकाडिली. See Piccadilly meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is piccadilly?
Piccadilly can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce piccadilly?
Piccadilly is pronounced /pɪkəˈdɪli/ (UK).
What is the plural of piccadilly?
The plural of piccadilly is piccadillies.

Words near piccadilly in the dictionary

  1. piccadil
  2. piccadill
  3. piccadillies
  4. piccadillo
  5. piccadills
  6. piccadilly
  7. Piccadilly butcher
  8. Piccadilly butchers
  9. Piccadilly Circus
  10. Piccadilly weeper
  11. Piccadilly weepers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piccadilly (page history and authors); Piccadilly (page history and authors); piccadilly (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); piccadilly (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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