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finny

English

Etymology

From fin +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?ni

Adjective

finny (comparative finnier, superlative finniest)

  1. (of a fish) Having one or more fins.
    • 1928, RG&E News (volume 16, page 334)
      The finny trophies he brought back in the form of numerous fat pickerel were ample evidence of his fishermanship.
  2. Resembling a fin.
  3. Abounding in fishes.
    • 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
      Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose,
      Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes;
      With patient angle trolls the finny deep,
      Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep;

Translations

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ninny

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?ni/
  • Rhymes: -?ni

Noun

ninny (plural ninnies)

  1. (informal) A silly or foolish person.
    Synonym: dummkopf
    • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene ii[2]:
      Caliban: What a pied ninny's this! Thou scurvy patch! […]
    • 1962, John D. MacDonald
      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.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:idiot

Related terms

  • nincompoop
  • ninnyish
  • ninnyism
  • ninnyhammer

Translations

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