Wily
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Wily
Thoughts anyone on origin? All possible leads appear to be conjecture.
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Re: Wily
Here are two options:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/wile and https://etymologeek.com/eng/wile
The second one introduced me to 'wily beguily', so I looked it up. I expected it to be an intensified way of saying super sneaky, but it turns out to mean someone who is caught in their own wiles. They outwiled themselves, that is to say.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/wile and https://etymologeek.com/eng/wile
The second one introduced me to 'wily beguily', so I looked it up. I expected it to be an intensified way of saying super sneaky, but it turns out to mean someone who is caught in their own wiles. They outwiled themselves, that is to say.
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