ninny
/ˈnɪni/
ninny noun: a silly or foolish person.
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 - Caliban: What a py'de Ninnie's this? Thou ſcvrvy patch: […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- 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?
ninny meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
ninny in Tamil
- முட்டாள், பேதை, அறியாதவன், ள்
ninny in Bengali
- হাবা, বোকারাম
ninny in Kannada
- ಹೆಡ್ಡ, ಬುದ್ಧಿಹೀನ, ಮೂರ್ಖ
Synonyms of ninny
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Forms of ninny
| plural | ninnies |
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Origin of ninny
Unknown; the synonym ninnyhammer appears around the same time. Possibly related to innocent or Italian ninno (“small child”).
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Questions about ninny
- What does ninny mean?
- Ninny means a silly or foolish person.
- What is ninny in Tamil?
- Ninny in Tamil is முட்டாள், பேதை, அறியாதவன். See Ninny meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ninny?
- Ninny is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ninny?
- Ninny is pronounced /ˈnɪni/.
- What is the plural of ninny?
- The plural of ninny is ninnies.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ninny (page history and authors); ninny (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ninny (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ninny (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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