Meanings
nounhayhenny (plural hayhennies)
plural hayhennies
- rareA small biting midge (especially in Latin America); a noseeum.
“That's only a hayhenny,” he explained. “Hayhennies are lilttle flies. The rising sun is waking 'em up.”
1922, Everybody's Magazine, volume 46, page 1331 more example
Certainly the hayhennies and crowing roosters (at all times of nights) and the breathlessness of the “air” don't encourage one to slumbers.
1926, Hart Crane, letter, 30 July
Origin
- Spanishjejenes
- Englishhayhenny
From Spanish jejenes, plural of jején (“midge”).
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