ninny

3 definitions found

ninny - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ninny \Nin"ny\, n.; pl. Ninnies. [Cf. It. ninno, ninna, a
     baby, Sp. ni[~n]o, ni[~n]a, child, infant, It. ninna, ninna
     nanna, lullably, prob. fr. ni, na, as used in singing a child
     to sleep.]
     A fool; a simpleton. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

ninny - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ninny
      n 1: a stupid foolish person [syn: nincompoop, poop,
           ninny]

ninny - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "ninny":
     Boeotian, ass, block, clod, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dullard,
     dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, gowk, idiot, imbecile, jackass,
     jerk, jobbernowl, lackwit, lamebrain, lightweight, looby, loon,
     niais, nincompoop, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, put, stupid,
     thickwit, tomfool, witling