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fil·ly
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i
/
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-ee
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noun,
plural
-lies.
1.
a young female horse.
2.
Informal
.
a girl or young woman.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
fyly
<
Old Norse
fyla
female
foal
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filly
(ˈfɪlɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-lies
1.
a female horse or pony under the age of four
2.
informal
,
rare
a spirited girl or young woman
[C15: from Old Norse
fylja
; related to Old High German
fulihha
; see
foal
]
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filly
1404, fyly, possibly from O.N. fylja, fem. of foli "foal" (see
foal
). Slang sense of "young girl" is from 1616.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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