dildo

Definition

A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.

Etymology

Unclear; possibly an alteration of English diddle. Compare the use as an expressive nonsense syllable in often sexual songs and the spelling dil doul, found in e.g. The Maids Complaint for want of a Dil Doul, a song in the library of Samuel Pepys. Unlikely to be related to Italian diletto (“delight”) or Latin dīlātō (“I open up, spread”), often cited etymologies.

Example Sentences

• "Anything's a dildo if you're brave enough."
• "Adieu! faint-hearted instrument of lust; That falselie hath betrayde our equale trust. Hence-forth no more will I implore thine ayde, Or thee, or man of cowardize upbrayde. My little dilldo shall suply their kinde: A knaue, that moues as light as leaues by winde; That bendeth not, nor fouldeth anie deale, But stands as stiff as he were made of steele; And playes at peacock twixt my leggs right blythe, And doeth my tickling swage with manie a sighe. For, by saint Runnion! he'le refresh me well; And neuer make my tender bellie swell."
• ""There, as my lord, with achromatic glass, "O'erlooks St. James's Park, and on the grass, "Beneath his mansion's half-closed window spies "Two crouching urchins' gross obscenities, "He turns his eager gaze, adjusts the screw, "And brings their unwashed nudities in view. "That spot, concealed by two o'er hanging hills, "Foul sweat and fœtid excrement distils, "Yet frowsy, there the pipe-clayed soldier sports, "And bishops hold episcopalian courts. "'Tis there the Bath empiric's finger guides, "The oiled bougie ; and as the dildo slides "Besmeared, to meet last night's descending meal, "Oft makes the strictures he pretends to heal."

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