ninny

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"Now don't stand there like a ninny--scalp me," she cried He ran to her side and knelt down.

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  1. noun A fool; a simpleton.

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  • When I think of that gorgeous coloring wasted on such a ninny, and think what Martha Carey could do with it—oh There's no courtesy these days Mrs. Harvey's voice implied that modern situations were too much for her. —  Flappers and Philosophers
  • Start a blog to keep yourself well-oiled and for connectivity (and for god's sake, don't be like the ninny who, when I suggested as much, replied, "But what about copyright?!") —  Nancy Rommelmann
  • In this case she's not a ninny, she knows that this new piece is only new to her, and maybe her tribe, but it's existed far longer than either. —  Home-Schooled By a Cackling Jackal
  • Nor was the shock diminished in Berlin by those ninny-nannying health and safety warning notices about nudity and strong language that would plaster the theatre's doors here. —  The Guardian World News
  • You can email him and call him a ninny-nosed noobicon, for example, or a zorkide zephram, or even a paloobatumbing pantaloon. —  Science News
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numskull ·  dunce ·  simpleton ·  coot ·  dolt ·  nincompoop ·  ignoramus ·  mooncalf ·  nazi ·  oaf ·  sciolist ·  dunderhead
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Perhaps alteration of innocent.

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  1. Prob. of spontaneous origin, as a vaguely descriptive termination Cf. Italian ninno = Spanish niño, a child, Italian ninna. nanna, a lullaby.
 

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