noun
- a term of endearment, especially for a beloved person
Usage: archaic; obsolete
Examples
- In Shakespeare’s time, a lover might call his beloved ‘pigsney’ as a sweet nickname.
- The old ballad referred to the maiden as ‘my pigsney fair.’
- Medieval literature often used ‘pigsney’ as an affectionate address.
- The term pigsney appears in several works from the Middle English period.
- Though now obsolete, pigsney was once a common endearment between lovers.