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nonny en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnɒni/

Meanings

  1. A meaningless word used in refrains, especially in old English ballads and glees.
    • Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

nonny en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnɒni/

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A fool.

Forms

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nonny en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnɒni/

Etymology

Diminutive of anonymous with -y.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:4chan slang) An anon; a user who posts anonymously on the Internet.

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