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pillicock

pillicock noun: a penis.

Noun

pillicock (plural pillicocks)

  1. (archaic) A penis.
    • Al þus eld me for-dede...
      Y ne mai no more of loue done,a. 1325, "Elde" in the Kildare Poems
    • Edg. Pilicock sate on pelicocks hill, a lo lo lo.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    penis
  2. (endearing, obsolete) A boy or man.
    • A pillicocke, a darling, or a wanton, or a minion.1598, John Florio, A Worlde of Wordes

Synonyms of pillicock

Forms of pillicock

pluralpillicocks
alternative formpilicock
alternative formpillicocke
alternative formpelicock
alternative formpillycock

Origin of pillicock

From Middle English pilkoc, equivalent to an uncertain first element + cock (“a male chicken; slang term for a penis”). Compare the earlier surname Pylcock etc., as well as pillock, Scots pillie (“a penis”), Jutland regional Danish piller and pillerkok (“a penis”), regional Norwegian pill (“a penis”), and Swedish pillesnopp (“wiener, (small) penis”).

Words formed from pillicock

Questions about pillicock

What does pillicock mean?
Pillicock means a penis.
What part of speech is pillicock?
Pillicock is a noun.
What is the plural of pillicock?
The plural of pillicock is pillicocks.

Words near pillicock in the dictionary

  1. Pilley
  2. Pilley's Island
  3. Pilleys
  4. pillhead
  5. pillheads
  6. pillicock
  7. pillicocks
  8. pillier
  9. pillies
  10. pilliest
  11. Pilliga

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