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pigsny

pigsny noun: an Elizabethan term of endearment.

Noun

pigsny (plural pigsnies)

  1. (obsolete) An Elizabethan term of endearment.
    • To mine own dear coney bird, sweetheart and pigsnyc. 1540, Nicholas Udall, Ralph Roister Doister

Forms of pigsny

pluralpigsnies
alternative formpigsnie
alternative formpigsney
alternative formpiggesnye

Origin of pigsny

From Middle English piggesnye (literally “pig's eye”).

Questions about pigsny

What does pigsny mean?
Pigsny means an Elizabethan term of endearment.
What part of speech is pigsny?
Pigsny is a noun.
What is the plural of pigsny?
The plural of pigsny is pigsnies.

Words near pigsny in the dictionary

  1. pigskins
  2. pigsney
  3. pigsneys
  4. pigsnie
  5. pigsnies
  6. pigsny
  7. pigsona
  8. pigsonas
  9. pigstick
  10. pigsticked
  11. pigsticker

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