bon allez), or, as it is sometimes called, a foy (Fr. There were, at one time, numerous drinking usages connected with departures. In addition to the bonailie there is the doch-an-dorrach (from the Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic deoch an doruis, meaning “drink of the door”), grace cup, one for the road, and also stirrup cup. And if you are an exceptionally bibulous sort, and enjoy taking more than a single parting drink, you will be relieved to know that the English language, in its synonymic glory, has provided us with multiple words for this. If you are a somewhat bibulous sort, and enjoy taking a parting drink, then you will be relieved to know that there is a word for this. Walter Scott, The Fortune of Nigel, 1822 Mony a time when I hae come hame ower late, and found the West Port steekit, and the waiter ill-willy, I have garr’d the sexton of Saint Cuthbert’s calf ward serve me for my quarters. It should not be confused with the word from the Older Scots language, evil-willy, which means “malevolent, wishing harm or evil to others.” Ill-willie, which comes from the Scots dialect of Middle English was formed by the ingenious method of adding an - ie to the existing ill-will. So why should you learn a new synonym, one that is unlikely to be understood by most people outside of the northern area of Great Britain? Because you will never stop meeting people with unfriendly dispositions, and so can never have too many words with which to describe them. You may choose from splenetic, cantankerous, surly, irascible, or any one of dozens of others, all of which serve much the same purpose. There is, if truth be told, no shortage of common English words with which to describe this type of character.
Definition: having an unfriendly disposition