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ninny

[ nin-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural nin·nies.

ninny

/ ˈnɪnɪ /

Origin of ninny¹

1585–95; perhaps generic use of pet form of Innocent proper name; -y ²

Origin of ninny¹

C16: perhaps from an innocent simpleton

Before forty there is yet a chance that the budding ninny may desert, and degenerate into a prig, a Philistine, or a physician.

And you would spill blood sooner than your betters should know it—ye ninny-cumpoops!

You ninny, do you suppose it was by accident that Elsin Grey became our guest?

But I went to the girl herself, as you would have done if you hadn't been such a ninny; but you're always a ninny.

He's not such a ninny-headed feller neither as you seem to take him for, Mr. Sedley.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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