Meaning of Ninny | Babel Free
ˈnɪniEquivalents
Examples
“Byd. […] a good cheeke, an inticing eye, a smooth skinne, a well shapt leg, a faire hand, you cannot bring⟳ a wench into a fooles parradize for you? Sim. Not I by this garter, I am a foole, a very Ninny I, how call⟳ you her? how call⟳ you her?”
“Caliban: What a py'de Ninnie's this? Thou ſcvrvy patch: […]”
“"Nob, you woolly-pated ninny!" [Butterbur] cried. "Can't you give⟳ old friends their names?”
“Ninny — that soft, smiling, self-effacing, apologetic fellow, the type⟳ who is terribly sorry when you happen⟳ to step on his foot, the kind you can borrow money from in the certainty he will never demand⟳ you repay⟳ it.”
“Now, on the pool deck, the boys tussle and roughhouse with the zeal of Labrador puppies, slugging each other lovingly in the shoulders and then retreating with giggles like⟳ ninnies.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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