Meanings
nounninnyism (plural ninnyisms)
plural ninnyisms
- predisposition to act like a ninny
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?
1962, John D. MacDonald, The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything, first edition, page 56
Origin
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