nonny
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
nonny (plural nonnies)
Interjection edit
nonny
- A meaningless word used in refrains, especially in old English ballads and glees.
- 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]:
- Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.
Etymology 2 edit
Diminutive of anonymous with -y.
Noun edit
nonny (plural nonnies)