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单词 nonny-no
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nonny-non.int.

Brit. /ˌnɒnɪˈnəʊ/, U.S. /ˌnɑniˈnoʊ/
Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s nonino, 1600s nonne-no, 1600s nony no, 1600s 1800s– nonny-no, 1600s–1700s nonni-no; also Scottish pre-1700 nounenou, 1800s nonnie no.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier nonny-nonny int.
A. n.
1. A refrain, esp. one with no definite meaning. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] > refrain > specific refrain
friscajoly?1520
nonny-nonny?1535
nonny-noc1550
trim-tram1583
fa-la1595
Lillibullero1688
folderol1701
twinkum twankum1729
tol-de-rol1765
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 51 The lang nounenou.
1593 M. Drayton Idea iii. sig. C3 These noninos of filthie ribauldry.
2. Something unimportant; a mere trifle. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial
gnatc1000
ball play?c1225
smalla1250
triflec1290
fly1297
child's gamec1380
motec1390
mitec1400
child's playc1405
trufferyc1429
toyc1450
curiosity1474
fly-winga1500
neither mass nor matins1528
boys' play1538
nugament1543
knack?1544
fable1552
nincety-fincety1566
mouse1584
molehill1590
coot1594
scoff1594
nidgery1611
pin matter1611
triviality1611
minuity1612
feathera1616
fillip1621
rattle1622
fiddlesticka1625
apex1625
rush candle1628
punctilio1631
rushlight1635
notchet1637
peppercorn1638
petty John1640
emptiness1646
fool-fangle1647
nonny-no1652
crepundian1655
fly-biting1659
pushpin1660
whinny-whanny1673
whiffle1680
straw1692
two and a plack1692
fiddle1695
trivial1715
barley-strawa1721
nothingism1742
curse1763
nihility1765
minutia1782
bee's knee1797
minutiae1797
niff-naff1808
playwork1824
floccinaucity1829
trivialism1830
chicken feed1834
nonsensical1842
meemaw1862
infinitesimality1867
pinfall1868
fidfad1875
flummadiddle1882
quantité négligeable1885
quotidian1902
pipsqueak1905
hickey1909
piddle1910
cream puff1920
squat1934
administrivia1937
chickenshit1938
cream puff1938
diddly-squat1963
non-issue1965
Tinkertoy1972
1652 J. Collinges Responsoria ad Erratica Pastoris 99 For your new Nonneno of second-hand hearing, the Scripture allowes no such distinction.
1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist Introd. sig. A2 I was not so soon Thunderstrook with Excommunication for a Nonne-no, but I was sooner Absolv'd.
1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist xvi. 48 I lost my time, detain'd for a Nonni-no above a Fortnight at London.
B. int.
Used in songs as (part of) a refrain. Cf. hey int. 2, nonny-nonny int.
ΚΠ
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iii. 16 With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino . View more context for this quotation
1619 Two Wise Men & All Rest Fooles vii. i. 87 Hey niny, nony no. Hey niny no. Hey noniny nonino, Hey ninyno.
1857 W. B. Rands Poems I. 4 I jingle my bells, and the world wags on! Hey-nonny-no!
a1930 N. Coward Co-Communists! in Compl. Lyrics (1998) 39/1 With a hey ho and nonny no And a whack fol mi dol Poll, Pretty Poll, Pretty Poll.
1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 69 Mid-chorus we flipped onto our B side repertoire of ‘Hey nonny no, three gypises stood, in the wood far lee la nonny no.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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