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wally | willy |

As a noun wally

is a fool.

As a verb wally

is alternate pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value.

As a proper noun willy is

a male given name, diminutive of william.

wally

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given names Walter and Wallace.
  • * 2005 Joyce Carol Oates: Mother, Missing . Harper Perennial. page 108:
    • "'Mr. Szalla' is my eighty-two-year-old father, Nikki. Please call me 'Wally'."
    "Well. 'Wally'."
    I felt my face burn pleasantly. "Wally " was such a comfortable old-shoe kind of name.

    Anagrams

    * English diminutives of male given names

    willy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) willy, willi, equivalent to .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Willing; favourable; ready; eagre.
  • Self-willed; willful.
    • Related terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (willies)

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) wilie, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (willies)
  • A willow basket.
  • A fish basket.

    • Etymology 4

    * Possibly a contraction of (etyl) 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

    * willie

    Noun

    (willies)
  • (hypocoristic, slang, childish) the penis.
  • (UK) a person whom the speaker dislikes.
    • Synonyms
    * peter, wee-wee; see also

    See also

    * the willies * willy willy * willy-nilly