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    ninny

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++nin·ny /ˈnɪni/ noun (plural ninnies) [countable] old-fashioned  STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTa silly person 笨蛋，傻瓜
    Examples from the Corpus
    ninny• Like a big ninny sitting there bemoaning your fate.• How can she possibly know somebody well enough to get married, the little ninny!• If you want to survive, you shivering ninny, you might as well shoot off your big toe.• Fritz was maid, butler, and errand boy, the stalwart ninny who never spoke a word of complaint.• Stupid ninny, think of that.    Origin ninny (1500-1600) Perhaps from innocent
    nin·ny nounChineseSyllable
    a Corpus person silly


    ninny
    nin‧ny /ˈnɪni/ noun (plural ninnies) [countable] old-fashioned
     Date: 1500-1600
     Origin: Perhaps from innocent
    a silly person


    ninnyBrE /ˈnɪni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnɪni/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    ninnies    )     (old-fashioned, informal)     a stupid person 笨蛋；傻子