Pizzle

Pizzle is a Middle English word for penis, derived from Low German pesel or Flemish Dutch pezel, diminutive of the Dutch language pees, meaning 'sinew'.^[1]^[2] The word is used today to signify the penis of an animal,^[3] chiefly in Australia and New Zealand.^[4]

Bull pizzle

The word pizzle is also known, at least since 1523, especially in the combination "bull pizzle", to denote a flogging instrument made from a bull's penis.

In William Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 1, the character Falstaff uses the term as an insult (Act 2, Scene IV):^[5]

'Sblood, you starveling, you elf-skin, you dried neat's tongue, you bull's pizzle, you stock-fish!

^ "Online Etymology Dictionary". Retrieved 30 March 2009.
^ Harper, Douglas. "pizzle (n.)". www.etymonline.com. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
^ "Beijing Olympics 2008 in short". The Daily Telegraph. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
^ "pizzle". OED.
^ "The First part of King Henry the Fourth - SCENE IV. The Boar's-Head Tavern, Eastcheap". shakespeare.mit.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

[1] "Online Etymology Dictionary". Retrieved 30 March 2009.

[2] Harper, Douglas. "pizzle (n.)". www.etymonline.com. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

[olympics-3] "Beijing Olympics 2008 in short". The Daily Telegraph. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2009.

[4] "pizzle". OED.

[5] "The First part of King Henry the Fourth - SCENE IV. The Boar's-Head Tavern, Eastcheap". shakespeare.mit.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

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