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pizzlen.Origin: Probably a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch *pēsel. Etymology: Probably < an unattested Middle Dutch *pēsel (compare Dutch regional (West Flanders) pezel penis) or its cognate Middle Low German pēsel penis, tendon, string, bowstring (German regional (Low German) Pesel , Päsel , Pisel animal's penis), respectively < Middle Dutch pēse , pēze , peise tendon, string, whip (Dutch pees ) + Middle Dutch -el -el suffix1, and Middle Low German pēse tendon, string (German regional (Low German) Pese , Päse cord that drives a spinning wheel, animal's penis) + Middle Low German -el -el suffix1; compare (with further suffixation) Middle Dutch pēseric tendon, string, animal's penis (Dutch (now regional) pezerik animal's penis), Middle Low German pēserik penis (German regional (Low German) Peserick, Päserik penis, whip); further etymology uncertain: perhaps related to Middle High German visel penis (German (now regional) Fisel). the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > sexual organs > penis society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > bull's penis 1486 sig. fiij And fro thassay euen dewne the bele shall ye slitt To the pissill ther the codde was a way kytt. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. xxvv Though he [sc. an ox]..be broken both of tayle and of pysell, yet woll he fede. 1560 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot (rev. ed.) sig. Hviv Take the peisill of an harte, and drie it into pouder. 1599 R. Hakluyt (new ed.) II. i. 187 The Boteswaine..walked abaft the Maste, and his Mate afore the Maste..eche of them a bulls pissell dried in their handes. c1645 W. Atkins (1994) 248 If they bestir themselves not roundlie the driver beates them with a bulls peezel. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 976 Of the Whale's Pizzle, and its Use in Physick. 1710 J. Addison 24 July–6 Aug. 2/1 As an eternal Monument of my Affection and Friendship for him, I bequeath My Rat's Testicles, and Whale's Pizzle, To him and his Issue Male. 1741 Sept. 496/2 The cudgel or bull's pizzle have their use. 1814 W. Scott 17 June (1932) III. 451 The wholesome discipline of a bull's pizzle and strait-jacket. 1891 8 The shearer shall not..cut the teat of any ewe or pizzle of any wether or ram. 1955 W. Gaddis ii. iii. 441 He entered and walked toward the bull's stall—There!..There's a masterful pizzle for you! 1968 E. R. Buckler vi. 101 [An ox] would gallop the pasture faster than a horse, ramming a low stub halfway up his pizzle. 2000 (Nexis) 21 June 10 Ordinary ‘Kiwi blokes’ are snapping up deer pizzles and testicles as a natural alternative to the anti-impotence drug Viagra. the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley V. 220/2 Pizzle, the penis. c1930 ii. 16 We swam in love but his dear pizzle never relaxed its stiffness. 1969 F. B. Vickers 153 ‘He cut me pizzle off with a bit o' broke bottle.’ He felt at his penis... ‘It's got a head on it now like a bloody frilly lizard.’ 1981 P. Vansittart ii. iii. 50 The Robene stalked Great Sherwood..green and naked, his pizzle tough and unflagging as leather. 2003 (Nexis) 3 Aug. 45 This arrestingly crude novel, thronged as it is with lusty nuns, flatulent merchants, monks who can't keep their pizzles in their cassocks and flagellation-hungry canons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1486 |