ninny
from
The 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]
from
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
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