English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪni|-ɪni
Noun
en-noun|ninnies
#a silly or foolish person
#:"Ninny � that soft, smiling, self-effacing, apologetic fellow, the type who is terribly sorry when you happen to step on his foot, the kind you can borrow money from in the certainty he will never demand you repay it." � :w:John D. MacDonald?|John D. MacDonald? (1962)
Translations
Finnish: nynny, nysverö
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Russian: н�н� (n'ún'a) m/f
Related terms
nincompoop
ninnyish
ninnyism
picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny
io:ninny
ru:ninny
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vi:ninny
zh:ninny
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