Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ninnyism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nin-ny-ism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

predisposition to act like a ninny

Example Sentences

"He wondered at his own degree of ninnyism. How severe was it? How incurable was it? Could a man walk through life in a constant readiness to duck?"

Etymology

Etymology tree English ninny Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ninnyism From ninny + -ism.

Inflected Forms

ninnyisms (plural)

Questions

What does ninnyism mean?: predisposition to act like a ninny
Where does ninnyism come from?: Etymology tree English ninny Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ninnyism From ninny + -ism.

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