ninny

[ nin-ee ]

noun

, plural nin·nies.

1. a fool or simpleton.

ninny

/ ˈnɪnɪ /

noun

1. a dull-witted person

Derived Forms

• ˈninnyish, adjective

Other Words From

• ninny·ish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ninny¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ninny¹

C16: perhaps from an innocent simpleton

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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.

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

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