wiliwillin.

/ˈvɪli/

Etymology: German or French wili, willi, < Croatian vila nymph, fay. Compare vila n.

Slavonic Mythology.

(See quot. 1949). Chiefly used in connection with the ballet Giselle.

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1841 Vernoy de Saint-Georges et al. Giselle ou Les Wilis 14 C'est l'heure lugubre où, selon la chronique du pays, les Wilis se rendent à leur salle de bal.]

1949 A. Chujoy Dance Encycl. 511/1 Wilis (or Willis), in Western-Slavic and Eastern-German legends, the spirits of betrothed girls who have died as a result of being jilted by faithless lovers. They came out to dance at night and led the faithless ones to their death by making them dance until they fell dead of exhaustion.

1961 Times 2 Oct. 16/6 Miss Jill Bathurst..danced Odette and the wili Giselle.

1963 P. H. Johnson Night & Silence xx. 138 The cat continued to dance, star of the snowy ballet, with a million Wilis whirling behind him.

1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Oct. 44/2 She gazes out of the fascinating portrait that Henri Lehmann painted of her in 1843 like some supernatural being, a willi, a peri, or a refined succubus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	wili
释义	wiliwillin. /ˈvɪli/ Etymology: German or French wili, willi, < Croatian vila nymph, fay. Compare vila n. Slavonic Mythology. (See quot. 1949). Chiefly used in connection with the ballet Giselle. ΚΠ 1841 Vernoy de Saint-Georges et al. Giselle ou Les Wilis 14 C'est l'heure lugubre où, selon la chronique du pays, les Wilis se rendent à leur salle de bal.] 1949 A. Chujoy Dance Encycl. 511/1 Wilis (or Willis), in Western-Slavic and Eastern-German legends, the spirits of betrothed girls who have died as a result of being jilted by faithless lovers. They came out to dance at night and led the faithless ones to their death by making them dance until they fell dead of exhaustion. 1961 Times 2 Oct. 16/6 Miss Jill Bathurst..danced Odette and the wili Giselle. 1963 P. H. Johnson Night & Silence xx. 138 The cat continued to dance, star of the snowy ballet, with a million Wilis whirling behind him. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Oct. 44/2 She gazes out of the fascinating portrait that Henri Lehmann painted of her in 1843 like some supernatural being, a willi, a peri, or a refined succubus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1949
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