ninnyhammern.

Brit.

/ˈnɪnɪˌhamə/, U.S.

/ˈnɪniˌhæmər/

Forms: 1500s–1600s ninihammer, 1600s ninnehammer, 1600s ninniehammer, 1600s ninnihammer, 1600s nynnyhammer, 1600s– ninnyhammer; English regional (Lancashire) 1700s nineyhommer, 1800s– (Lancashire and north-west midlands) 1900s– niniamer (Herefordshire), 1800s– (Lancashire and north-west midlands) 1900s– ninnyhommer.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ninny n.¹, English -hammer.

Etymology: Apparently < ninny n.¹ (although this is first attested slightly later) + -hammer, of unknown origin (perhaps compare earlier hammer-headed adj. 2).

colloquial and regional.

A blockhead; a fool or braggart.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton

innocentc1386

greenhead1576

gonyc1580

ninnyhammer1592

chicken1600

loach1605

simplician1605

hichcock1607

smelt1607

foppasty1611

dovea1616

goslinga1616

funge1621

simplicity1633

gewgaw1634

squab1640

simpletonian1652

ninny-whoop1653

softhead1654

foppotee1663

greenhorn1672

sumph1682

sawney1699

sillyton1708

gaby?1746

gobbin?1746

green goose1768

nin-a-kin1787

Jacob1811

green1824

sillikin1832

greeny1834

softhorn1836

sucker1838

softie1850

dope1851

soft1854

verigreen1854

peanut1864

daftie1872

josser1886

naïf1891

yapc1894

barm-stick1924

knobhead1931

sook1933

nig-nog1953

sawn1953

pronk1959

stiffy1965

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. I Whoreson Ninihammer, that wilt assault a man & haue no stronger weapons.

1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles A 3 b Shallow-pates and ninnie-hammers.

1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) v. i I say you are a nynnyhammer, and beware the Cuckoe; for as sure as J haue ware, ile traffique with the next Marchant venturer.

1622 S. Rowlands Good Newes & Bad Newes 38 I might haue beene a scholler, learn'd my Grammar, But I haue lost all like a Ninnie-hammer.

1673 S'too him Bayes 3 A man ought not to talk like a ninny-hammer.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit xii. 22 That Clod-pated, Numskull'd Ninny-hammer of yours.

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xxv. 99 Numskuls, doddypoles, dunderheads, ninny-hammers,..and other unsavory appellations.

1812 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. 198 I will be..anythng now, to oppose these stupid, tasteless, ninny-hammers.

1853 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 73 748 The predominant feature of a ninny-hammer is the enormous development of his self-conceit.

1879 C. J. Kickham Knocknagow i. 12 Have sense yourself—and that's what you'll never have, you ninny-hammer.

1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iv. i. 214 You're nowt but a ninnyhammer, Sam Gamgee.

2006 J. Ware Finding God in Hobbit 18 ‘Boilin's quicker. Easier, too, for a couple o' ninny- hammers like you!’ ‘Ninnyhammers, is it?’ shouted William.

Derivatives

† ninnyhammering adj. Obsolete rare foolish, ridiculous.

ΚΠ

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xiii. 36 Love is..the most..Ninnyhammering [passion].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ninnyhammer
释义	ninnyhammern. Brit. /ˈnɪnɪˌhamə/, U.S. /ˈnɪniˌhæmər/ Forms: 1500s–1600s ninihammer, 1600s ninnehammer, 1600s ninniehammer, 1600s ninnihammer, 1600s nynnyhammer, 1600s– ninnyhammer; English regional (Lancashire) 1700s nineyhommer, 1800s– (Lancashire and north-west midlands) 1900s– niniamer (Herefordshire), 1800s– (Lancashire and north-west midlands) 1900s– ninnyhommer. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ninny n.¹, English -hammer. Etymology: Apparently < ninny n.¹ (although this is first attested slightly later) + -hammer, of unknown origin (perhaps compare earlier hammer-headed adj. 2). colloquial and regional. A blockhead; a fool or braggart. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. I Whoreson Ninihammer, that wilt assault a man & haue no stronger weapons. 1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles A 3 b Shallow-pates and ninnie-hammers. 1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) v. i I say you are a nynnyhammer, and beware the Cuckoe; for as sure as J haue ware, ile traffique with the next Marchant venturer. 1622 S. Rowlands Good Newes & Bad Newes 38 I might haue beene a scholler, learn'd my Grammar, But I haue lost all like a Ninnie-hammer. 1673 S'too him Bayes 3 A man ought not to talk like a ninny-hammer. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit xii. 22 That Clod-pated, Numskull'd Ninny-hammer of yours. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xxv. 99 Numskuls, doddypoles, dunderheads, ninny-hammers,..and other unsavory appellations. 1812 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. 198 I will be..anythng now, to oppose these stupid, tasteless, ninny-hammers. 1853 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 73 748 The predominant feature of a ninny-hammer is the enormous development of his self-conceit. 1879 C. J. Kickham Knocknagow i. 12 Have sense yourself—and that's what you'll never have, you ninny-hammer. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iv. i. 214 You're nowt but a ninnyhammer, Sam Gamgee. 2006 J. Ware Finding God in Hobbit 18 ‘Boilin's quicker. Easier, too, for a couple o' ninny- hammers like you!’ ‘Ninnyhammers, is it?’ shouted William. Derivatives † ninnyhammering adj. Obsolete rare foolish, ridiculous. ΚΠ 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xiii. 36 Love is..the most..Ninnyhammering [passion]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592
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