will-jilln.

Brit.

/ˈwɪldʒɪl/, U.S.

/ˈwɪlˌdʒɪl/

Forms: 1600s– will-jill, 1700s–1800s will-gill, 1800s willjill, 1800s– wilgil.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ridgel n.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of ridgel n., after Will, pet form of the male forename William (see Will n.⁴) and Jill, Gill, pet form of the female forename Gillian (see jill n.).Compare Jack and Jill n., and compare also English regional use of John and Joan in the sense ‘hermaphrodite’:1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 188 John & Joan, an hermaphrodite. (pig, &c.) In Cheshire it is Will-Jill, or Will-Gill.

Now English regional.

Originally: a hermaphrodite. In later use also: an animal that has been imperfectly castrated or whose genitals are not properly developed. Cf. ridgel n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes > person or animal

scratc1000

androgyneOE

hermaphroditec1400

scarth?a1513

man-woman1587

she-mana1613

epicene1641

will-jill1677

morphoditea1726

bisexual1879

pseudohermaphrodite1881

harumfrodite1896

sex mosaic1903

intersex1916

intersexual1917

1677 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Dictionarium Classicum in Dictionarium Latino-Barbarum Androgynos,..an Hermophradite or Scrat; a Will-jill.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (at Androgynus) An Hermaphrodite who is both Man and Woman, having the natural Parts of both Sexes; a Will-Jill or Scrat.

1806 J. Leslie Dict. Synonymous Words at Male Half males, will-jills, semimares; such animals or plants as have male and female parts in the same individual, are termed, hermaphroditical or androgynous.

1845 S. Judd Margaret i. vi. 36 One or two ragged will-gill looking men.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 189 Willjill, an hermaphrodite.

1994 C. Upton et al. Surv. Eng. Dial.: Dict. & Gram. at Ridgel What do you call a male horse when only half castrated?..maff, maphrodite,..will-do, will-jill.

2009 K. Smith in D. E. Noakes et al. Vet. Reprod. & Obstetr. (ed. 9) v. xxv. 560/2 Male pseudohermaphrodites referred to by shepherds as ‘wilgils’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	will-jill
释义	will-jilln. Brit. /ˈwɪldʒɪl/, U.S. /ˈwɪlˌdʒɪl/ Forms: 1600s– will-jill, 1700s–1800s will-gill, 1800s willjill, 1800s– wilgil. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ridgel n. Etymology: Probably an alteration of ridgel n., after Will, pet form of the male forename William (see Will n.⁴) and Jill, Gill, pet form of the female forename Gillian (see jill n.).Compare Jack and Jill n., and compare also English regional use of John and Joan in the sense ‘hermaphrodite’:1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 188 John & Joan, an hermaphrodite. (pig, &c.) In Cheshire it is Will-Jill, or Will-Gill. Now English regional. Originally: a hermaphrodite. In later use also: an animal that has been imperfectly castrated or whose genitals are not properly developed. Cf. ridgel n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes > person or animal scratc1000 androgyneOE hermaphroditec1400 scarth?a1513 man-woman1587 she-mana1613 epicene1641 will-jill1677 morphoditea1726 bisexual1879 pseudohermaphrodite1881 harumfrodite1896 sex mosaic1903 intersex1916 intersexual1917 1677 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Dictionarium Classicum in Dictionarium Latino-Barbarum Androgynos,..an Hermophradite or Scrat; a Will-jill. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (at Androgynus) An Hermaphrodite who is both Man and Woman, having the natural Parts of both Sexes; a Will-Jill or Scrat. 1806 J. Leslie Dict. Synonymous Words at Male Half males, will-jills, semimares; such animals or plants as have male and female parts in the same individual, are termed, hermaphroditical or androgynous. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. vi. 36 One or two ragged will-gill looking men. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 189 Willjill, an hermaphrodite. 1994 C. Upton et al. Surv. Eng. Dial.: Dict. & Gram. at Ridgel What do you call a male horse when only half castrated?..maff, maphrodite,..will-do, will-jill. 2009 K. Smith in D. E. Noakes et al. Vet. Reprod. & Obstetr. (ed. 9) v. xxv. 560/2 Male pseudohermaphrodites referred to by shepherds as ‘wilgils’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1677
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