Ninny

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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