ill-willy, a.
(ˈɪlˈwɪlɪ)
Chiefly Sc.
[f. ill will n. + -y. Cf. evil-willy.]
Cherishing ill will; malevolent, malignant, ill-disposed.
| [1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxv. 32 Be warme hairtit and nocht ewill willie, Bannatyne MS. illwillie.] 15.. Almanak of Year 1386, 5 Saturne es colde and drie, and ilwilly. a 1568 Wife of Auchterm. viii, Than thair cumis ane illwilly cow, And brodit his buttock. 1611 Cotgr., Maling,..ill-willie. 1721 Kelly Sc. Prov. 11 (Jam.) An ill-willy cow should have short horns. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 124 Syn baith the Bears now shine ill-willie. |