Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A meaningless burden in old English ballads and glees, generally “hey, nonny.” It was similar to the fa, la of madrigals.
- A whim.
- noun A ninny; a simpleton.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A silly fellow; a ninny.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
fool . - noun A meaningless word used in refrains, especially in old English ballads and
glees .
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Examples
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His "nonny" has not been back since Thursday, so now he waits hitting refresh, waiting for a comment, but very few come now.
There are no words ... CC 2008
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Which nonny wrote this mind-nummy piece of twaddle?
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Oabama is leading in every category, she can twist it as much as she wants, that will notttttttttttt change! nonny
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Oh and why is it that when a state that is mostly white and they come out in numbers for a white canidate is racist, and when blacks do the same it isn't. sounds like hypocrisy to me. nonny
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It's full of Medieval and Tudor England-type tunes you can prance about singing "Hey nonny nonny" to without fear of much humiliation.
Chris Payne - Early English Music (CHAP 123) X-Y-Z-Cosmonaut 2010
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People like you of course nonny: witty, punchy writers with original and constructive things to say, and opinions that make us stop and think!
Media musings 2008
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I'm proud BO has come to the Presumptive Nominee Satus. nonny
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Brad, at least Linn has the guts to write under her own name, unlike "nonny mouse" by
Are Progressives Being Duped by a Megacorporation's Disinformation Attacks? 2009
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So, nonny naughty mouse: Now let's see you defend YOUR view about all this in an article for HB in elegant, erudite, and knowledgeable language ... with a few reputable facts to support your view along the way.
Writing for the Horn Book: Field Notes Roger Sutton 2007
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No need to get sp smarty mouse A nonny, naughty mouse ....
Writing for the Horn Book: Field Notes Roger Sutton 2007
skipvia commented on the word nonny
According to Dictionary.com, this is synonymous with ninny, but it's also a nonsense word that appears in hundreds of traditional British songs and poems. I was surprised to find it in Sh-boom, by the Chords. (See jibboom.)
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh nor more;
Men were deceivers ever;
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never;
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny;
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into. Hey nonny, nonny.
-Much Ado about Nothing
July 29, 2008