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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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halfwit

English

Etymology

From half and wit.

Noun

halfwit (plural halfwits)

  1. (informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:idiot

Translations

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