Definition of Nonny

1. n. A silly fellow; a ninny.

Definition of Nonny

1. Noun. (obsolete) A fool. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonny

1. a meaningless word in ballads [n NONNIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonny

nonnoxious
nonnuclear
nonnucleated
nonnucleolytic
nonnucleophilic
nonnull
nonnumbered
nonnumerical
nonnumismatic
nonnurse
nonnurses
nonnursing
nonnurturing
nonnutritious
nonnutritive
nonny (current term)
nono
nonobedience
nonobese
nonobesity
nonobject
nonobjectifiable
nonobjectified
nonobjecting
nonobjective
nonobjectives
nonobjectivism
nonobjectivisms
nonobjectivist
nonobjectivists

Literary usage of Nonny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. "Brief Lives" by John Aubrey, Andrew Clark (1898)
"... on a rowe I forbid that any showe Ever the like of her Hey nonny nonny noe. ... head unto the toe Downe, downe, all over her Hye nonny nonny noe. ..."

2. A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed by Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"ANONYMOUS HEY nonny NO! Hey nonny no! Men are fools that wish to die! Is't not fine to dance and sing When the bells of death do ring? ..."

3. The Pilgrims' Way: A Little Scrip of Good Counsel for Travellers (1907)
"ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Hey nonny no i T TEY nonny no! ... Is't not fine to swim in wine, And turn upon the toe, And sing hey nonny no ! ..."

4. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"A kind of rustic burden to a ballad ; equivalent to hey nonny nanny, of which it is only a variation. At you like it, v, 3. ..."

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