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Word: Ninnyhammer
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nashe (d. c1601), writer. Apparently from ninny (although this is first attested slightly later) + -hammer, of unknown origin
Definition:
A blockhead; a fool or braggart.
Variant Forms:
- niniamer
- ninnyhommer
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