ninnies
ninnies is the plural of ninny.
Meaning of ninny
Noun
ninny (plural ninnies)
- A silly or foolish person.
- Byd. […] a good cheeke, an inticing eye, a smooth skinne, a well shapt leg, a faire hand, you cannot bring a wench into a fooles parradize for you?
Sim. Not I by this garter, I am a foole, a very Ninny I, how call you her? how call you her?1601 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], What You Will, London: […] G[eorge] Eld, for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, Act V
- Synonyms:
- simpleton, dummkopf, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead
- Byd. […] a good cheeke, an inticing eye, a smooth skinne, a well shapt leg, a faire hand, you cannot bring a wench into a fooles parradize for you?
Phrases with ninnies
Questions about ninnies
- What is ninnies the plural of?
- Ninnies is the plural of ninny.
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