dildo en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪldoʊ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɪldəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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 (“to open up, spread”), often cited etymologies.
Meanings
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A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.
Anything's a dildo if you're brave enough.
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A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity. ▸ An artificial penis.
"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.
1866, “Don Leon”, in Don Leon ; A Poem by the Late Lord Byron, Author of Childe Harold, Don Juan, &c., &c. and forming part of the private journal of His Lordship, supposed to have been entirely destoyed by Thos. Moore. To which is added Leon to Annabella; An epistle from Lord Byron to Lady Byron. (Poetry), →OCLC, pages 44, 51–52:A few weeks ago, a post went viral in which the author seeks a public verdict on the question “AITA for asking my roommates to remove their dildos from the bathroom mirror in a way that was not kind?” The young poster had responded to the presence of newly washed sex toys in a shared space with a disgusted hostility and the dildo-owning flatmate complained the poster should have requested the removal more politely.
2023 May 13, Van Badham, “The culture of mistrust is bleeding into our personal lives. No wonder there’s a sex recession”, in The Guardian, →ISSN: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.
c. 1592–1593 (date written), Thomas Nash[e], “The Choosing of Valentines”, in John S[tephen] Farmer, editor, The Choise of Valentines: Or The Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo […], London: Privately printed for subscribers only, published 1899, →OCLC, pages 18–19, lines 233–244:
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(derogatory, slang, vulgar) Any device or implement.
Call ghost hunters? Those fuckers will show up with gas powered dildos and burn the woods down.
2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 43:
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(derogatory, slang) An idiot; a bore.
I take back cars from dildos who don't pay their bills. Cool huh?
1984, Alex Cox, Repo Man, spoken by Otto Maddox (Emilio Estevez):‘Thompson?’ Heydon-Bayley had shrieked. ‘But he’s a complete dildo, surely?’ / ‘I like him,’ said Adrian, ‘he’s unusual.’ / ‘Graceless, you mean. Wooden.’
1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 15:
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A columnar cactus of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii).
The commonest and most conspicuous of the cacti is the "dildoe" (Cereus Swartzii), a columnar form growing to as much as 20 feet in height, a plant the gross physiology of which is probably very similar to that of the sahuaro (Camegiea gigantea).
1910, Forrest Shreve, “The coastal deserts of Jamaica”, in The Plant World: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of Popular Botany, volume 13, pages 129–130:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dildoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dildos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
double dildo · dildo curls · drilldo · dildolike · dildoless · double penetration dildo · double-ended dildo · dildon't · dildonics · double-sided dildo · dildo cactus
Descendants
dildo · ডিল্ডো · dildo · dildo · dildo · dildo · dildo · dildo · dildo · dildo · 딜도 · dildo · ディルド · dildo · डिल्डो · dildo · dildo · ডিলডো · dildo · dildo · Dildo
Relateds
Synonyms
thickskull · drivel · put · fenderhead · lackwit · fool · yo-yo · dingwad · dunce · knucklehead · prat · dope · wantwit · dumbnut · dipstick · hammerhead · dullard · brickhead · retard · asshead · fucktard · jughead · goofy · mongtard · goof · doof · fathead · chump · pigwidgeon · tonto · ninnyhammer · dolt · doofus · noddy · nincom · nincompoop · airhead · knothead · dumbshit · gomer · drongo · plank · addle-brain · dumbling · dumb bunny · saphead · maroon · Alternative spelling of dumbass. · buttbreath · space cadet · muggins · meatball · dork · log · gonk · wazzock · zany · dunderpate · shitwit · dumbhead · bubble brain · featherbrain · bimbo · dimbus · baboon · galoot · stupe · goosecap · simpleton · stupid · pillock · donkey dick · clodpate · clot · smooth brain · clown · asswipe · halfwit · dumbbell · tomfool · lummox · cretin · shitbrain · simp · fuck-knuckle · turkey · thicko · mushhead · lunkhead · dildo · loggerhead · nit · snapperhead · boob · gimboid · dingbat · ha'porth · jerk · dummy · peagoose · gorbuson · addlehead · drool bucket · dumb cluck · idiot · dummkopf · peckerhead · blubberbrain · crackhead · shitneck · ding dong · beetlebrain · bozo · mental midget · bonehead · mongoloid · witless wonder · dimbo · addle pate · dunderhead · eejit · ninny · dumbfuck · toolbox · sot · dip · doofoid · wazzer · goon · jackaninny · gudgeon · plonker · chowderhead · twat · dumble · mome · deadhead · moron · twit · tosspot · shithead · sap · blockhead · monkey · Boeotian · pinhead · beetlehead · Charlie · peabrain · fopdoodle · brainlet · buffoon · cuckoo · wally · birdbrain · cittern-head · mutt · imbecile · dumbo · donut · Vulgar: · beanbrain · oaf · jellybrain · nimrod · dingleberry · jackass · nitwit · goober · tard · lunk · dipshit · meathead · clod · schmo · fuckwit · doodle · doldrum · momo · juggins · asstard · berk · goose · stupid-head · ignoramus · muttonhead · noodlehead · thickhead · silly · putz · inbred · lamebrain · numbskull · dim bulb · spanner · chucklehead · mouth breather · fleabrain · dumbfucker · ass · bubblehead · assclown · farthead · dimwit · asshat · bufflehead · goofball
Translations (76)
hy արհեստական առնանդամ (artificial phallus) · fi hieromasauva (artificial phallus) · pl jebadło (artificial phallus) · ru фаллоимита́тор (artificial phallus) · ca consolador (artificial phallus) · cy cala goeg (artificial phallus) · nb dildo (artificial phallus) · grc ὄλισβος (artificial phallus) · ar قَضِيب اِصْطِنَاعِيّ (artificial phallus) · ja ディルド (artificial phallus) · bn ডিলডো (artificial phallus) · yue 假陽具 /假阳具 (artificial phallus) · es consolador (artificial phallus) · tr zıbık (artificial phallus) · ga bod bréige (artificial phallus) · cmn 假陰莖 /假阴茎 (artificial phallus) · pl dildo (artificial phallus) · ak krawa kɔte (artificial phallus) · el όλισβος (artificial phallus) · bg изку́ствен пе́нис (artificial phallus) · sv löspenis (artificial phallus) · mk вештачки пенис (artificial phallus) · it vibratore (artificial phallus) · axm զուպայ (artificial phallus) · ko 모조남근 (artificial phallus) · la fascinum (artificial phallus) · fi dildo (artificial phallus) · sh dildo (artificial phallus) · fo dildo (artificial phallus) · de Plastikschwanz (artificial phallus) · yue 假鳩 /假鸠 (artificial phallus) · grc βαυβών (artificial phallus) · de Dildo (artificial phallus) · cmn 假雞巴 /假鸡巴 (artificial phallus) · it dildo (artificial phallus) · nan-hbl 假膦鳥 /假膦鸟 (artificial phallus) · pt dildo (artificial phallus) · fr godemichet (artificial phallus) · cs robertek (artificial phallus) · nl vibrator (artificial phallus) · ca olisbe (artificial phallus) · fr michet (artificial phallus) · ota مچاچنك (artificial phallus) · ca godomací (artificial phallus) · cs dildo (artificial phallus) · sv dildo (artificial phallus) · bn ডিল্ডো (artificial phallus) · nan-hbl 角車 /角车 (artificial phallus) · bg ди́лдо (artificial phallus) · ru самоты́к (artificial phallus) · fr phallus artificiel (artificial phallus) · bg фа́лос (artificial phallus) · hu dildó (artificial phallus) · pt consolo (artificial phallus) · fr dildo (artificial phallus) · hi डिल्डो (artificial phallus) · uk фалоіміта́тор (artificial phallus) · nl dildo (artificial phallus) · es dildo (artificial phallus) · tr dildo (artificial phallus) · hu műfasz (artificial phallus) · be фалаіміта́тар (artificial phallus) · fr olisbos (artificial phallus) · ro dildo (artificial phallus) · mk дилдо (artificial phallus) · nn dildo (artificial phallus) · ja 張形 (artificial phallus) · ru ди́лдо (artificial phallus) · ko 딜도 (artificial phallus) · fo vibratorur (artificial phallus) · eo gadmeso (artificial phallus) · da vibrator (artificial phallus) · fr miché (artificial phallus) · da dildo (artificial phallus) · cmn 按摩棒 (artificial phallus) · fr gode (artificial phallus)