pizzle
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pizzle
- /ˈpɪzl̩/
Rhymes with -ɪzəl
Where it comes from
From Dutch Low Saxon pesel or West Flemish pezel, diminutive of Middle Dutch pese (“a sinew, tendon, string, pizzle”), from Old Dutch *pisa (“sinew, string, fibre”), possibly ultimately related to vezel (“fiber”), from Proto-West Germanic *fas-il-, from Proto-Indo-European *pē̆s- (“to blow”) (see Old High German faso (“fiber”)); in which case this alternation *pes- / *fes- may indicate a repeated borrowing from a (non-Indo-European?) substrate language.
Cognate with Dutch pees, Middle Low German pese (“tendon, bowstring”), Dutch pees (“sinew, tendon”), German Low German Peserick, Pesel (“pizzle”), dialectal German Pisel (“penis”).
noun pizzles · pizzel · pizzell · pisle
- The penis of an animal. Although, if in the lion the position of the pizzle be proper, and that the natural situation, it will be hard to make out their retrocopulation, or their coupling and pissing backward, according to the determination of Aristotle [...].
- in heraldry
- the dehydrated meat thereof, as a dog treat
- A baton made from the penis of an ox, once used to beat men and animals.
verb pizzles · pizzling · pizzled · pizzel · pizzell
- To beat (with a pizzle). Next Morning I went into his Room, and took hold of his Pizzle.―He jump'd out of Bed, and ſnatch'd it from me, and ſwore, he valued his Pizzle as he valued his Life, and would as ſoon loſe an Inch of one as t'other, for he he kept it on Purpoſe to pizzle the Bitch his Wife.
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noun baton made from the penis of an ox, once used to beat men and animals
| 中文 | 牛鞭 niúbiān |
|---|---|
| Français | nerf de bœuf |
| Deutsch | Ochsenziemer |
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title = {pizzle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pizzle},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
