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willy-nilly
willy-nilly:
[17]
Willy-nilly
originated in the expression
will I
,
nill I
, literally ‘whether I wish it or do not wish it’ (
nill
‘be unwilling’, long defunct as an independent verb, was formed from
will
and the negative prefix
ne
-)