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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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dimwit

English

Etymology

dim +? wit

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d?mw?t/

Noun

dimwit (plural dimwits)

  1. (derogatory) A person who is deficient in intelligence.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:fool
  • See Thesaurus:idiot

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • halfwit
  • nitwit

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