Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ninnery

/ˈnɪnəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nin-nery
IPA: /ˈnɪnəɹi/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ninnyish behavior; foolery; foolishness.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Those loose “Arabian tales” of the great border-cities, were but profane ninnery to their stern natural judgments."
"I wasn't surprised to find him virulently anti-clerical, and was rather pleased when he told me that he thought that “all theology was sophisticated ninnery”."
"She tries to emotionalise her relation with Lily, but Lily isn’t having any. The discovery that Lily, behind all her romantic ninnery, is hard as bricks."
"Who could take them seriously? Ridiculous, the two comedians reparteed. The arguments were common nonsense, the theme was a ninnery. And an entire day passed."

Etymology

From ninny + -ery.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ninneries (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce ninnery?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɪnəɹi/.
What does ninnery mean?: Ninnyish behavior; foolery; foolishness.
Where does ninnery come from?: From ninny + -ery.

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