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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ninny

/nĭn'-ē/ · Nin·ny · IPA /ˈnɪni/

01 n. A fool; a simpleton.

[Cf. It. ninno, ninna, a baby, Sp. niño, niña, child, infant, It. ninna, ninna nanna, lullably, prob. fr. ni, na, as used in singing a child to sleep.]

pl. Ninnies ((#))

1.
A fool; a simpleton.

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