whillywha
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Compare whilly.
Noun edit
whillywha (plural whillywhas)
- (Scotland) a flattering deceiver
- (Scotland) wheedling speech, cajolery
- (Scotland) evasive indecisive speech
See also edit
References edit
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “whillywha”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume V (Simular–Z), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Scottish National Dictionary