nonny

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/ˈnɒni/

noun

A fool.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

nonny1

nounnonny (plural nonnies)

plural nonnies

  1. obsoleteA fool.
interjection
  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]

nonny2

nounnonny (plural nonnies)

plural nonnies

  1. 4chan slangAn anon; a user who posts anonymously on the Internet.

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APA

nonny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonny

MLA

“nonny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonny. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonny,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonny.

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