pigsney

[ pigz-nee ]

/ ˈpɪgz ni /

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noun Obsolete.

a darling.

an eye.

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Origin of pigsney

1350–1400; Middle English piggesnye, earlier piggesneyge, equivalent to pigges pig's (see pig¹, 's¹) + n- (probably extracted from an, indefinite article) + -ye,eygeeye

Words nearby pigsney

pig's ears, pigs' feet, pig's fry, pigs in blankets, pigskin, pigsney, pigstick, pigsticker, pigsticking, pigsty, pigswill

How to use pigsney in a sentence

See also pigsney in Todd's Johnson, where one quotation has the form pigs eie.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer
It was, perhaps, a term of endearment, like the obsolete English Pigsney.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow