Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ninny"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ninny
n : a stupid foolish person [syn: {nincompoop}, {poop}]
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