ninny
a fool or simpleton.
Origin of ninny
1Other words from ninny
- nin·ny·ish, adjective
Words Nearby ninny
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How to use ninny in a sentence
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!
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeYou ninny, do you suppose it was by accident that Elsin Grey became our guest?
The Reckoning | Robert W. ChambersBut 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.
East Angels | Constance Fenimore WoolsonHe's not such a ninny-headed feller neither as you seem to take him for, Mr. Sedley.
Manners, Vol 2 of 3 | Frances Brooke
British Dictionary definitions for ninny
/ (ˈnɪnɪ) /
a dull-witted person
Origin of ninny
1Derived forms of ninny
- ninnyish, adjective
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