dildo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪldəʊ/
ipa: /ˈdɪldoʊ/
rhymes: -ɪldəʊ
Forms: form: dildos
form: dildoes
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.
Senses: glosses: A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1592/3, Thomas Nashe, The Choise of Valentines (Poetry), published 1899, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2006:
text: "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.
ref: 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:
glosses: A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.
An artificial penis.
examples: text: Call ghost hunters? Those fuckers will show up with gas powered dildos and burn the woods down.
ref: 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 43:
glosses: Any device or implement.
examples: text: I take back cars from dildos who don't pay their bills. Cool huh?
ref: 1984, Alex Cox, Repo Man, spoken by Otto Maddox (Emilio Estevez):
text: ‘Thompson?’ Heydon-Bayley had shrieked. ‘But he’s a complete dildo, surely?’
 ‘I like him,’ said Adrian, ‘he’s unusual.’
 ‘Graceless, you mean. Wooden.’
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 15:
synonyms: word: addle-brain
word: addlehead
word: addle pate
word: airhead
word: baboon
word: beanbrain
word: beetlebrain
word: beetlehead
word: berk
word: bimbo
word: birdbrain
word: blockhead
word: blubberbrain
word: bonehead
word: Boeotian
word: boob
word: bozo
word: brainlet
word: brickhead
word: bubblehead
word: bubble brain
word: bufflehead
word: buffoon
word: Charlie
raw_tags: with "right" and/or "proper"
word: chowderhead
word: chucklehead
word: chump
word: cittern-head
word: clod
word: clodpate
word: clot
word: clown
word: crackhead
word: cretin
word: cuckoo
word: deadhead
word: dimbo
word: dim bulb
word: dimbus
word: dimwit
word: dingbat
word: ding dong
word: dingleberry
word: dingwad
word: dip
word: dipstick
word: doldrum
word: dolt
word: donut
word: doodle
word: doof
word: doofoid
word: doofus
word: dope
word: dork
word: drivel
word: drongo
word: drool bucket
word: dullard
word: dumb bunny
word: dumbbell
word: dumb cluck
word: dumbhead
word: dumble
word: dumbling
word: dumbnut
word: dumbo
word: dummkopf
word: dummy
word: dunce
word: dunderhead
word: dunderpate
word: eejit
word: fathead
word: featherbrain
word: fenderhead
word: fleabrain
word: fool
word: fopdoodle
word: galoot
word: gimboid
word: gomer
word: gonk
word: goober
word: goof
word: goofball
word: goofy
word: goose
word: goosecap
word: gorbuson
word: gudgeon
word: halfwit
word: ha'porth
word: hammerhead
word: idiot
word: ignoramus
word: imbecile
word: inbred
word: jackaninny
word: jellybrain
word: jerk
word: juggins
word: jughead
word: knothead
word: knucklehead
word: lackwit
word: lamebrain
word: log
word: loggerhead
word: lummox
word: lunk
word: lunkhead
word: maroon
word: meatball
word: meathead
word: mental midget
word: mome
word: momo
word: mongoloid
word: mongtard
word: monkey
word: moron
word: mouth breather
word: muggins
word: mushhead
word: muttonhead
word: mutt
word: nimrod
word: nincompoop
word: ninny
word: ninnyhammer
word: nit
word: nitwit
word: noddy
word: noodlehead
word: numbskull
word: oaf
word: peabrain
word: peagoose
word: pillock
word: pigwidgeon
word: pinhead
word: plank
word: plonker
word: prat
word: put
word: putz
word: retard
word: sap
word: saphead
word: schmo
word: silly
word: simp
word: simpleton
word: snapperhead
word: sot
word: space cadet
word: spanner
word: stupe
word: stupid
word: stupid-head
word: tomfool
word: tard
word: thickhead
word: thickskull
word: thicko
word: tonto
word: toolbox
word: tosspot
word: turkey
word: twit
word: wally
word: wantwit
word: wazzer
word: wazzock
word: witless wonder
word: yo-yo
word: zany
word: Vulgar:
word: ass
word: assclown
word: asshat
word: asshead
word: asstard
word: asswipe
word: buttbreath
word: dildo
word: dipshit
word: donkey dick
word: Alternative spelling of dumbass.
word: dumbfuck
word: dumbfucker
word: dumbshit
word: farthead
word: fuck-knuckle
word: fucktard
word: fuckwit
word: jackass
word: peckerhead
word: shitbrain
word: shithead
word: shitneck
word: shitwit
word: twat
glosses: An idiot; a bore.
examples: text: 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).
ref: 1910, Forrest Shreve, “The coastal deserts of Jamaica”, in The Plant World: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of Popular Botany, volume 13, pages 129–130:
glosses: A columnar cactus of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii).
Derived terms: dildo cactus
dildo curls
dildoless
dildolike
dildonics
dildon't
double dildo
double-ended dildo
double penetration dildo
double-sided dildo
drilldo
Related terms: fleshlight
vibrator