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pigsney
pigs·ney
/
ˈpɪgz
ni
/
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[
pigz
-nee
]
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noun
Obsolete
.
1.
a darling.
2.
an eye.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
piggesnye,
earlier
piggesneyge,
equivalent to
pigges
pig's (see
pig
1
,
's
1
) +
n-
(probably extracted from
an,
indefinite article) +
-ye,
eyge
eye
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Word Origin & History
pigsney
(obsolete), late 14c., endearing form of address to a girl or woman, apparently from M.E. pigges eye "pig's eye," with excrescent -n- from min eye, an eye, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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