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▪ I. ‖ wili, willi Slavonic Mythol.|ˈvɪlɪ|
[Ger. or Fr. wili, willi, ad. Serbo-Croat vila nymph, fay. Cf. vila.]
(See quot. 1949). Chiefly used in connection with the ballet Giselle.
[1841Vernoy de Saint-Georges et al. Giselle ou Les Wilis 14 C'est l'heure lugubre où, selon la chronique du pays, les Wilis se rendent à leur salle de bal.] 1949A. Chujoy Dance Encycl. 511/1 Wilis (or Willis), in Western-Slavic and Eastern-German legends, the spirits of betrothed girls who have died as a result of being jilted by faithless lovers. They came out to dance at night and led the faithless ones to their death by making them dance until they fell dead of exhaustion. 1961Times 2 Oct. 16/6 Miss Jill Bathurst..danced Odette and the wili Giselle. 1963P. Hansford Johnson Night & Silence xx. 138 The cat continued to dance, star of the snowy ballet, with a million Wilis whirling behind him. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Oct. 44/2 She gazes out of the fascinating portrait that Henri Lehmann painted of her in 1843 like some supernatural being, a willi, a peri, or a refined succubus.
▪ II. wili, wilie
obs. forms of wily. |